Publication Date January 26, 2016 | Associated Press

Much of Asia shivering under unusually cold weather

Thailand
A visitor enjoys the artificial snow made of foam at a carnival in Hong Kong, on Jan. 26, 2016. In Hong Kong, the mercury dipped to its lowest in six decades. Photo: Kin Cheung, AP
A visitor enjoys the artificial snow made of foam at a carnival in Hong Kong, on Jan. 26, 2016. In Hong Kong, the mercury dipped to its lowest in six decades. Photo: Kin Cheung, AP

In Hong Kong, the mercury dipped to its lowest in six decades. The rest of southern China also recorded unusually cold weather, with record-breaking low temperatures in many places. In Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, the temperature dropped to 42 degrees, the lowest since 1977. Meteorologists said mountaintop snowfalls across a dozen northern provinces were unprecedented. Temperatures in Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, hit an unseasonably high of 93 degrees on Saturday only to plunge to a low of 61 degrees on Monday. The weather was still cool on Tuesday, and Bangkok residents could be seen wearing jackets and wool caps.

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