What does freezing mean?

"Freezing rain", "freezing" and "freezing" are common names for this weather phenomenon in some areas of China. When the weather is cold, when rain drops on anything below 0℃, it will immediately form ice and attach to this object. Meteorology calls this freezing phenomenon "freezing rain".

The common people have given "freezing rain" many common names-the ice on the tree is called "tree hanging", the ice on the wire or eaves is called "hanging ice", and the ice on the ground is called "freezing". Some areas in southern China also call these phenomena "falling ice", "sky ice" or "cowhide ice".

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The harm caused by freezing rain can not be ignored. Highway traffic is blocked by ground icing, and traffic accidents increase accordingly. If the ground freezes, it will freeze the green winter wheat or the crops planted in early spring. In addition, freezing rain will also destroy young forests and frostbitten fruit trees in a large area.

After a large amount of freezing rain accumulates, it can crush power lines and telephone lines. Severe freezing rain will cause houses to collapse. When an airplane flies in a cloud with supercooled water droplets, the wings and propellers will accumulate water, which will affect the aerodynamic performance of the airplane and cause a crash.

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