Lao Cai, (VNA) – Snow fell in the mountaincommune of Y Ty in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on earlyJanuary 11, covering the area under a 15-cm thick layer of snow.
Snow is a rare phenomenon in tropical Vietnam, and is onlyseen in the northern mountainous region during winter. As such, it has alwaysdrawn many curious visitors, who are often dubbed “snow hunter”. However, theweather is causing trouble for agriculture and transport.
Tourists enjoy the rare snowfall in Y Ty (Photo: VNA)
According to the Lao Cai hydro-meteorological station, the coldspell will cause light rain in some places across the province during the day,which will make the temperatures drop even further. More snow will fall in Y Tyand Hoang Lien Son mountain range, with the centre of Sa Pa resort town soonexperiencing snowfalls.
In recent days, the temperatures in Lao Cai and its mountainousareas, like Sa Pa and Bat Xat, have always been between 1-3 degrees Celsius,causing thick frost. From January 10 to 8 am on January 11, the temperature in SaPa and Y Ty plunged to minus 1 degrees Celsius.
The cold spell also affected other northern provinces,causing hundreds of schools to close and hundreds of thousands of students tostay home due to freezing temperature./.
Snow is a rare phenomenon in tropical Vietnam, and is onlyseen in the northern mountainous region during winter. As such, it has alwaysdrawn many curious visitors, who are often dubbed “snow hunter”. However, theweather is causing trouble for agriculture and transport.
Tourists enjoy the rare snowfall in Y Ty (Photo: VNA)According to the Lao Cai hydro-meteorological station, the coldspell will cause light rain in some places across the province during the day,which will make the temperatures drop even further. More snow will fall in Y Tyand Hoang Lien Son mountain range, with the centre of Sa Pa resort town soonexperiencing snowfalls.
In recent days, the temperatures in Lao Cai and its mountainousareas, like Sa Pa and Bat Xat, have always been between 1-3 degrees Celsius,causing thick frost. From January 10 to 8 am on January 11, the temperature in SaPa and Y Ty plunged to minus 1 degrees Celsius.
The cold spell also affected other northern provinces,causing hundreds of schools to close and hundreds of thousands of students tostay home due to freezing temperature./.
VNA
