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With a lot of snow falling more than 50 cm in the center of Yeongdong, Gangwon-do, there is a lot of confusion. On the last day of the Christmas season due to heavy snowfall, vehicles on the way home were also overcrowded and vehicles were isolated for hours on the road.
First, reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
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Yesterday (1st) afternoon, near the Western-Yang interchange on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway.
On the road turned into a snow field, vehicles turn on their hazard lights and stop, and meanwhile, people walk through the snow.
[이지은/제보자 : (버스) 기사님이 저 앞에 졸음 쉼터 있으니까 걸어라도 좀 다녀오라고 하셔서…. 화장실도 졸음 쉼터 나오는 김에 해결할 사람 해결하고.]Although a group of vehicles buried in the snow got together, they just kept turning and the snowplow was late, but it is not enough to solve the situation on the road.
[미시령 고립 제보자 : 12시에 출발했는데 5시간째 고립되어 있다가 이제 경찰 오셔서, 역주행해 가지고 내려가고 있어요. (제설차가) 눈만 밀고 갔는데, 이제 거기가 미끄러지니까 차들이 못 올라가는 거예요.]In the sections where snow removal has not been carried out, vehicles that have been completely turned off are also noticeable.
[신동성/제보자 : 기름 떨어질까 봐 시동 다 꺼놓고, 추우니까 가끔씩 시동 켜고….]Since yesterday, more than 55 cm of snow has accumulated in Misiryeong and more than 29 cm in Bukgangneung.
Due to late snow removal work, two lanes on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway to Seoul were opened starting at 10:00 pm, but congestion continues in the 6 km section, and only one lane on the Donghae Expressway is communicates partially.
Korea Expressway Corporation explained that snow removal was not done because a lot of snow fell in a short period of time and snow removal vehicles were trapped between ordinary vehicles.
Snow clouds are still forming, so 10 to 40 cm more snow is expected in Yeongdong, Gangwon-do, until this afternoon.
In the Yeongseo area, up to 15 cm in the morning, 3 to 8 cm of snow was forecast in North Gyeonggi, East Gyeonggi and North Gyeongbuk.
The Meteorological Administration said that this snow is very “wet” because it absorbs moisture from the East Sea.
