Unusually cold weather in Asia is causing severe damage to people and property, seriously affecting people's lives.

According to the Taiwan Meteorological Administration (China), the temperature measured in the early morning of January 26 was still at a record low of below 4 degrees Celsius, the lowest level in the past 44 years.

People in Shandong province (China) brace themselves against record cold snow and rain. Photo AP

With many homes without heating, the unusually cold spell has killed at least 85 people, mostly from hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. Much of the transport system and communications services have been paralyzed.

People in Hong Kong (China) have endured a cold spell of 3 degrees Celsius for four consecutive days, the lowest temperature in nearly 60 years. Yesterday, 43 more people were hospitalized due to heart-related illnesses and cold-related accidents.

Meanwhile, cold and snow have hit much of mainland China. This is the coldest spell in decades in the country, with temperatures in many places dropping below -50 degrees Celsius.

Even many tropical areas in the South such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen experienced special snowfall for the first time, causing serious damage to crops and livestock.

The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government announced that tens of tons of agricultural products were damaged in the country's fisheries industry, and thousands of hectares of crops and vegetables that were in the harvest season were damaged.

The unusual cold snap has forced more than 35,000 people to flee the cold, while 5,500 hectares of farmland have been lost, with economic losses estimated at $6.5 million, according to Zhejiang provincial officials.

In Yunnan province, hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled, and a widespread power outage affected nearly 80,000 households. However, flights have resumed at the airport in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, and power has been restored to nearly half of the households without electricity.

On Jeju Island, South Korea, the airport was reopened last night to evacuate nearly 87,000 people who had been stranded since last weekend. On the morning of January 26, the temperature in the capital Seoul was still at a record low of -18 degrees Celsius.

In Japan, snowstorms have also caused hundreds of domestic flights to be canceled. So far, at least five people have died and more than 100 have been injured.

On January 25, the island of Okinawa also witnessed unusual snowfall for the first time. This severe cold spell also strongly affected many areas in Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam./.

According to VOV