"Snow bomb" for the second day...Damage such as evacuation and power outage of residents

Maintenance of the second phase of the transcript...Heavy snow alert 'alert' stage
Two people died in the collapse..."Investigating the exact cause of the accident"
46 residents of 36 households in Gyeonggi Province evacuated to temporary residential facilities
Factory Ceiling Collapses in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Provincea series of power outages

[Anchor]
The snow has been accumulating for two days, causing a series of damage across the country, with two people killed in the collapse.

Residents were evacuated overnight or power outages in residential areas followed.

I'm connecting you to a reporter for more information. Reporter Cha Jung Yoon!

Please tell me the details of the damage.

[Reporter]
The second stage of the Central Disaster Headquarters and the "alert" stage of the heavy snow crisis warning, which were issued from 2 p.m. yesterday, are still in place.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said there were no official casualties as of 6 a.m. today.

However, one person who died while removing the roof of a tent-type garage in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do, and
Regarding the accident of one person who died when a steel net collapsed at a golf driving range in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province,
, an accurate investigation is needed to determine whether it was caused by heavy snow.

Due to heavy snow overnight, residents were evacuated.

A total of 56 people from 36 households were temporarily evacuated from Gyeonggi-do, and they fled to temporary housing facilities or relatives' homes.

Also, in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, a factory ceiling collapsed.

In Yangpyeong and Osan, Gyeonggi Province, power outages occurred due to the fall of utility poles, and 46 of the 61 cases were restored.

Fire authorities have so far carried out a total of 1,280 firefighting activities related to heavy snow.

The sea route was also blocked.

99 ferries were stranded on 76 routes across the country.

The national parks currently control 328 sections from 13 parks, including Jirisan Mountain, Gyeryongsan Mountain, and Seoraksan Mountain.

Roads have also been blocked in many parts of the country, with traffic prohibited on six routes in Seoul, including Bukaksan-gil, Inwangsan-gil, and Samcheong-gil, and 18 routes across the country, including Jeonbuk and Jeonnam.

[Anchor]
It snowed a lot in the Seoul metropolitan area overnight, so please tell us the current progress of snow removal in Seoul.

[Reporter]
Since 7 a.m. yesterday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with autonomous districts and related organizations, has upgraded the snow removal emergency work to two levels to respond to all-out snow removal.

Currently, more than 11,000 personnel and 1,900 equipment are mobilized to immediately respond to snowfall, such as spraying snow removal agents and pushing snow off the road.

Additional public transportation such as subways and buses was also operated to minimize congestion on commuting.

Following yesterday, the Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Corporation has increased the concentrated dispatch time to work by 30 minutes today, and is operating 20 more trains than usual from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said 63 accidents were caused by snowfall for two days.

By type, 48 street tree falls, 10 traffic accidents, 1 construction site collapse, and 4 power outages.

Gyeonggi Province also raised the emergency response stage of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters from 2nd to 3rd as of 10 p.m. last night to minimize heavy snow damage.

In the meantime, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education ordered all schools in the jurisdiction to consider closing schools at the discretion of the principal, saying that heavy snow and low temperatures are feared to cause safety accidents for students.

As a result, more than 4,700 kindergartens and elementary, middle, and high schools in Gyeonggi-do will be able to adjust their school closures or school hours according to their school and regional characteristics.

I'm Cha Jungyoon of YTN from Seoul City Hall.