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Three dead after record snowfall in South Korea
Heavy snowfall is currently keeping North Korea on tenterhooks: at least three people have already died. Air and ferry traffic is severely disrupted.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The Asian country is currently being blanketed by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago. 11,000 city council employees are battling against the masses to clear the snow, and numerous power cuts have been reported.
On Thursday, the Ministry of the Interior announced that 156 flights had been canceled and 104 ferry services disrupted. In the province of Gyeonggi near the capital Seoul, three people died as a result of the onset of winter, according to official figures. Particularly tragic: one person died when a tent construction collapsed.
In the capital Seoul, the snow cover grew to up to 40 centimetres on the second day, according to the Ministry of the Interior. In areas outside the capital, up to 45 centimetres were measured.
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