Jan 26, 2016

Freakish sleet, snow, and cold sting Southeast Asia

Hong Kong
Guangzhou, Guangdong
Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai
China,
Thailand
by
Bob Henson
,
Weather Underground
An intense surface high boasted a central pressure of at least 1066 millibars at 0700Z Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. The frigid high sent cold air cascading across the continent to the lowlands of Southeast Asia. Image: Christopher Burt, Thai Meteorological Department
An intense surface high boasted a central pressure of at least 1066 millibars at 0700Z Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. The frigid high sent cold air cascading across the continent to the lowlands of Southeast Asia. Image: Christopher Burt, Thai Meteorological Department

At least 87 deaths have been reported from a cold wave over the last week that’s brought dangerously chilly temperatures and wintry precipitation to tropical and subtropical latitudes of Southeast Asia, as well as brutally frigid readings further north.

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