South Korea snowed in by historic storm

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South Korea snowed in by historic storm
By Jon Rabiroff, Franklin Fisher and Hwang Hae-rym, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, January 6, 2010

SEOUL — The worst one-day snowstorm in more than 70 years paralyzed air and road travel across much of the peninsula Monday, and gave most U.S. military personnel and their children another day off at the end of a holiday weekend.

About 11 inches of snow was expected in Seoul by the time the snow stopped falling Monday night, beating the previous high of just over 10 inches that fell during a storm in January 1969, according to Korea Meteorological Administration spokesman Ko Jung-woong.

It was the most snow recorded since the agency began tracking snowfall in 1937, Ko said.

The impact of the storm was felt to varying degrees on U.S. bases from the Demilitarized Zone all the way south to U.S. Army Garrison-Daegu.

The steady snowfall canceled school for approximately 3,700 students at Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Pyeongtaek and Seoul.


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