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Posted : 2021-01-10 16:23
Updated : 2021-01-10 17:52
Han River, viewed from Hanwha Finance Center observatory in Yeouido, Yeoungdeungpo District in Seoul, is frozen on Sunday. Yonhap
The Han River, which runs through Seoul, was declared officially frozen on Saturday for the first time in two years, the weather agency said, as South Korea has been gripped by a severe cold wave in recent days.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced that it has observed the season s first ice formation on the Han River Saturday morning, as the capital s morning low tumbled to minus 16.6 C.
The freezing of the Han River was four days earlier than the 30-year average and spotted for the first time in two years, as ice did not form on the river last year due to a warm winter, KMA explained.