By Jezryl Rances, Free District
A rare snowfall hit northern Vietnam this week. (Image: wlky.com)
Hanoi — In Northern Vietnam temperatures dropped below the freezing point, resulting in a rare snowfall in the region, it’s first in many years.
So many people piled into cars and drove into the mountainous region of Lao Cai and Ha Giang to see the unusual sight, that it caused a five-hour traffic jam, according to reports.
The snow has resulted in much traffic congestion on the road from Lao Cai City to Sa Pa, as thousands flocked to get a look at the rare spectacle, according to officials of the Nui Xe Forest Management Station in Hoang Lien National Park.
It is known that Sa Pa sometimes gets snow, but it is not at all common.
In the mountains, at a height of over 1,900 meters above sea level, temperatures had dropped to as low as minus 2 C, forming icy sheets which are 10cm to 20cm thick, said the Nui Xe Forest Management Station.
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