A block of apartments in China became a huge refrigerator after a tenant allegedly neglected to close the door during the week that the region had its lowest temperature ever.
On January 24, inhabitants of Jiamusi city, Heilongjiang province were seen on camera gazing in disbelief at the’snow cave’ that had formed near the building’s corridor entrance.
After harsh gusts drove snow through the doorway and coated the interior of the corridor, enormous sheets of ice hung from the doorframe and ceiling.
As they braved temperatures of -40 degrees Celsius, neighbors could be heard expressing awe at the phenomenon.
Residents were stunned to discover that their residential building had been converted into a freezer.
Temperatures plummeted in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea as a result of a widespread cold wave that ravaged Asia.
On Sunday, just two days after the development of the apartment’snow cave,’ a town in the northernmost tip of Heilongjiang recorded the lowest temperature since records began: -53 degrees Celsius.
Last week, China’s national meteorological service warned citizens to bundle up as frigid temperatures threatened vulnerable inhabitants in the country’s central, northern, and eastern regions.
The frigid weather swept over a number of regions where locals are generally accustomed to relatively milder circumstances.
However, the northern Chinese town of Mohe, also known as “China’s North Pole,” reported three consecutive days of temperatures below -50C, which Chinese news reports deemed unusual.
Massive ice sheets coat the interior of the apartment building after snow was blown through the open door by icy winds.
Snow settlement in Mohe County, China’s northernmost province. Mohe is one of the coldest regions in China, with average winter temperatures as low as -40C.
This photograph taken on December 18, 2018 shows workmen sculpting a dragon from snow and ice in preparation for the winter tourism season in Mohe, Heilongjiang Province, China’s northeast.
In January and February, the average temperature in Mohe is between -15C and -20C, making it a popular destination for skiing and other winter activities.
Sunday’s temperature of -53 degrees Celsius smashed the previous record of -52.3 degrees Celsius.
The Xinhua News Agency of China reported that a number of regions in the Greater Khingan mountain range had record-low temperatures over the weekend.
In comparison, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom is -27.2 degrees Celsius, which was recorded in Scotland in 1895, 1982, and 1995.
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