The unusually cold weather in Asia is causing heavy human and material damage, seriously affecting people's lives.

According to the Taiwan Meteorological Agency (China), the temperature measured in the early morning of January 26 was still at a record low 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. AP photo.

With many homes without heating, the unusual 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 the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (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 about to be harvested were damaged.

Zhejiang provincial authorities said the unusual cold snap has forced more than 35,000 people to flee the cold while 5,500 hectares of farmland have been lost. Economic losses are estimated to be as high as $6.5 million.

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

Meanwhile, on South Korea’s Jeju Island, the airport was reopened last night to allow the evacuation of nearly 87,000 people 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 5 people have died and more than 100 have been injured.

The country’s Okinawa Island also witnessed its first unusual snowfall on January 25. This severe cold spell has also severely affected many Southeast Asian regions, including Thailand and Vietnam./.

According to VOV