"This is the worst case of heavy snow in November in observational history." Record-breaking snow bombs and "alarming" [Y Record]

■ Host: Kim Sun-young Anchor, Jung Ji-woong Anchor
■ Starring: Kim Jin-doo, YTN weather disaster reporter

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◇Anchor> Unusual heavy snow in November, this time with Kim Jin-doo, a YTN weather disaster reporter. Welcome. Yesterday and today is November, right?

◆ Reporter> I've never seen anything like this before. December is also quite difficult to see snow like this, but in my view, it is the first time in the history of weather observation that such snow has fallen in November. In fact, if you look at the records, even in Seoul, many areas were over 40cm. There was a lot of rain in the southern part of Gyeonggi Province last night. In many places, it's 50cm. In the case of Suwon, it was over 40cm. Incheon also had 25.7cm of snow. However, according to the records, Incheon was the first place where weather observation began in Korea. It was 1904, but Incheon had the most snow in 120 years since 1904. In Seoul, the snow fell the most in 117 years, and in Suwon, weather observation began in 1964, so the snow fell the most in 60 years. So, in November of observation history, such heavy snow was the worst ever, you can see it like this.

◇Anchor> It is said that Gyeonggi-do Province has issued emergency stage 3 for the first time in 12 years due to record heavy snow, how much is this?

◆ Reporter> Basically, there are not many emergency stages that are made like this due to snow. Especially in Seoul, it is extremely unusual for snow to fall more than 20cm and more than 40cm. That's the amount of snow. And basically, the fact that it is not partially mobilized to remove snow, but is issued up to stage three, is a situation in which all available resources and manpower are mobilized. Therefore, it is quite difficult to see the eyes of this situation, and it is extremely unusual for this phenomenon to occur, especially in the case of Seoul and the metropolitan area. This is the case in areas where a lot of snow falls due to the topographical influence of the west coast or the east coast, but I can tell you that this is the first time ever in the metropolitan area.



Excerpted from the conversation: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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