Blizzard strands 86,000 in S. Korea resort island

A snow plough makes its way between aircraft parked in the snow at Jeju airport in South Korea on January 25, 2016. - YONHAP/AFP / Yonhap

Seoul (AFP) - Close to 90,000 people were stranded on the South Korean resort island of Jeju on Monday after the biggest snowfall in three decades shut the airport for the third straight day.

Known as the Hawaii of South Korea for its beaches and usually warm climate, Jeju took the brunt of a week-long cold snap that sent the mercury plunging to record lows across the country.