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Vehicles were trapped in heavy snow on Misiryeong Road in Sokcho, Gangwon-do on Day 1 when heavy snow fell on the mountainous areas of Gangwon and the east coast, reminiscent of a parking lot. Newsis
On the first, last day of the holiday, heavy snowfalls of up to 50cm in the Yeongdong area of Gangwon-do led to some isolated roads and traffic accidents large and small. The amount of snow is so great that there is concern that there will be damage to the facilities that could not exceed the weight of the snow. The government raised the level of response by improving the emergency service due to heavy snowfalls to the second stage.
According to the Meteorological Administration, the amount of snow at 9:30 pm is 52.1 cm in Misiryeong, 48.7 cm in Jinburyeong, 37 cm in the Yanggu coast, 36.6 cm in Seorak-dong, 35, 8 cm in Guryong-ryong in Hongcheon, 30.1 cm in Goseong prefecture and 21.2 cm in Inje giraffes. The Meteorological Administration predicted that for the afternoon of the 2nd, 10-30 cm of snow on the east coast, 5-10 cm in the Yeongseo area and 3-8 cm in the interior of the south.
For this reason, the roads became huge parking lots as vehicles were trapped in heavy snow on highways and national highways. The severe congestion that started in the morning continues past 9 p.m. this day. In the case of the Donghae Highway, hundreds of vehicles were unable to move until late at night in the 2 km section from the Sokcho interchange to the Bukyangyang interchange.
The areas around Donghae’s Sokcho Nohak 1 and Nohak 2 Expressway have also become entangled with vehicles unable to climb the hill and large and small contact accidents, causing them to line up for more than 8 hours. Prior to this, the highway management authorities fully controlled the entrance to the Sokcho Nadeulmok section of the Donghae Expressway and the Bukyangyang Nadeulmok section from 4:40 pm on the same day.
Kim Mo (47), who visited Goseong-gun for work that day, said: “After entering the Misiryeong toll booth, I was trapped for 4 hours without moving and was sweating outside the roundabout.” “I knew the snow forecast, but I didn’t expect this to happen,” said a driver returning home from a vacation on the East Coast.
The 5 km section from Seomyeon 6 Tunnel to Seoul on Seoul Yangyang Expressway to Seoyangyang IC is still without traffic. Mr. Park said, “After entering the Western Yang IC from 5:43 pm to 10 pm, there is no movement.”
A resident going to Chuncheon by bus from Sokcho also complained to the highway administration authorities, saying, “I took a bus bound for Chuncheon at 12:30 PM from Sokcho, but at 8:45 PM. . M. I’m only in Yangyang’s sleeping shelter.. “
On Day 1, when heavy snow falls and there is traffic congestion in Gangwon-do, cars line up in the Geundeok direction of Nohak 1 Bridge on Donghae Highway, as seen from CCTV Highway (closed circuit television ) on day 1.. Photo = CCTV capture on road 2021. Newsis.
Heavy snowfall followed by large and small traffic accidents. According to the Gangwon-do Fire Department, from 6 am to 5 pm that day, they received reports related to the 460 traffic accidents and sent 47 people to the hospital. Around 4:19 pm on the same day, on the Yangyang Expressway in Seoul, an accident occurred in which Mr. A in his 50s, who was working, was hit by a vehicle and seriously injured.
Earlier, around 1:54 p.m. M., A car caught fire and burned on the shoulder of the Hongcheon area of the Jungang Expressway towards Busan, and around 11:52 a.m. M., Two people were taken to the hospital in a triple collision accident. from the Yangyang area of the Seoul Yangyang Expressway in Seomyeon, Yangyang-gun.
The Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters (Company) has updated the emergency response stage to deal with heavy snowfall from Stage 1 to Stage 2 at 9pm. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security began phase 1 from noon on this day, but the level of response increased as traffic congestion continued on the roads in the Gangwon region due to heavy snowfall.
The Gangwon-do Bureau of Education said 31 schools, including Goseong and Gangneung, where a lot of snow was shed, will be closed on the 2nd and 8 schools will adjust their school hours. In the case of Goseong, there are 10 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, and 3 secondary schools, and 9 primary schools and 1 secondary school in Gangneung. At the principal’s discretion, the rest of the schools also decided to take measures such as closures or adjustments to the school schedule.
The Meteorological Administration predicted that up to 50 cm of snow would fall in the Yeongdong area of Gangwon-do until tomorrow afternoon. In particular, the Meteorological Administration requested that attention be paid to the collapse of the facilities this time due to wet snow filled with moisture.
Hee-gyeom Kim, head of the Disaster Security Management Headquarters of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, is inspecting an emergency situation meeting related to isolated congestion on Donghae Highway due to heavy snowfall in Gangwon area in the Central Hall of Disaster Security Situation of the Sejong City Government Complex 2 on the night of the 1st. Newsis.
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