[Weather] "Is this real?" "Autumn cherry blossoms" are all over the place. "My biological clock is collapsing".

Unseasonably, autumn cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Incheon, Chungcheong, Jeonnam, etc.

Cherry blossoms bloom in autumn last year due to the late heat...Green Maple Observation

In 2020, typhoons caused abnormal biological clocks, so 'Autumn Cherry Blossoms'

[Anchor]
I don't know if I finally found my weather, but something unbelievable happened.

Autumn cherry blossoms have bloomed unexpectedly.

It was recorded as the hottest September ever since the late heat wave lasted long enough to cause the Chuseok heatwave, and it is analyzed that the biological clock is distorted due to such climate change.

Reporter Jung Hye-yoon's report.

[Reporter]
Through the bare branches, a white flower shyly burst into bloom.

The cherry blossoms that bloom in spring are not autumn leaves or fruits that decorate the trees under the blue sky.

This is a picture of autumn cherry blossoms reported to YTN, and it was taken from mid-September to recently in Incheon, Chungcheong, and Jeonnam.

[Choi Sungsik / Eunjin-myeon, Nonsan (Cherry Blossom Screen Report): It's my first time to see cherry blossoms in autumn. I've never done that before, but it's Nonsan. Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, is fascinating and cherry blossoms bloom in autumn.]


The chilly weather came for a while, but the unusually late heat of nearly 30 degrees Celsius by the end of September this year has led to the blooming of autumn cherry blossoms that misunderstood the season everywhere.

In particular, last month's temperature was so high that it was recorded as the hottest month ever, and as a result, it is analyzed that trees also confused the blooming period due to the stress caused by climate change.

[Ban Ki-sung / YTN Disaster Advisory Committee: Trees are a kind of stress because of heat waves or tropical nights until late this year. Originally, the tree's biological clock should bloom at the right time, but it collapsed due to stress in spring.]

Last year, the late heat in autumn continued for a long time, and autumn cherry blossoms bloom in some coastal areas.
On the
road, there was a scene of piles of green autumn leaves with fallen leaves.

It wasn't hot in 2020, but frequent typhoons caused cherry blossom biological clock problems and bloomed.

This year, untimely autumn cherry blossoms are filling the vacancy of the first autumn leaves,
Experts predict that climate change is likely to repeat this unusual phenomenon more often in the future.

I'm YTN's Jung Hyeyoon.


Screen provided: YTN viewer report
Video editing: Eunji Kang