At least one person is reported to have died as a result of the weather, which has also grounded flights.
The South Korean capital was covered with at least 16 cm of snow on Wednesday - beating the city's previous record of 12.4cm from November 1972.
It caused significant disruption across the country, with local media reporting that flights had been grounded, roads closed, and that there were delays to transport services.EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockTraffic accidents have been caused by the icy conditions Youn Ki-han, the head of Seoul's Meteorology Forecast Division, told the AFP news agency that the heavy snowfall was due to strong westerly winds and a "significant temperature difference between the sea surface and the cold air".The cold weather comes after the region experienced a period of mild autumn temperatures.
"Just last week, I felt that the November autumn was a bit warm, but in just one week it feels like it's turned into a winter wonderland, which was quite a contrast," said businessman Bae Joo-han.Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images The first snow of the season was also the heaviest November snowfall since modern weather observations began in 1907Bloomberg via Getty Images
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