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

[Anchor]
The snow has been piling up for two days, causing a series of damage across the country, with three 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 11 a.m. today.

However, one person who died while removing the roof of a tent-type garage in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do, and one who died when the steel net of the golf practice range collapsed in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do,

also added that an accurate investigation is needed to determine whether heavy snow was the cause of the collapse, including a citizen who was crushed to death by a fallen tree while clearing snow in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province this morning.

Due to heavy snow overnight, residents were evacuated.

A total of 71 people from 43 households were temporarily evacuated from Gyeonggi-do, and they fled to temporary housing facilities or relatives' homes.

In addition, 20 cases of collapse were reported, including damage to a vinyl greenhouse in Gyeonggi Province and the collapse of the ceiling of a factory in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.

In Yangpyeong and Osan, Gyeonggi Province, power outages occurred due to the fall of utility poles, and out of a total of 131 cases, recovery was completed in 46 cases, or 35%.

Fire authorities have so far carried out a total of 1,628 firefighting activities related to heavy snow.

The sea route was also blocked.

104 ferries were stranded on 79 routes across the country.

National parks are currently controlled by 302 sections from 11 parks, including Jirisan Mountain, Gyeryongsan Mountain, and Seoraksan Mountain.

Roads have also been blocked in many parts of the country, and vehicles are banned on 10 routes nationwide, including Gyeonggi, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, and Jeju.

[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.

It is the first time in 12 years that the third stage has been issued since 2012.

In the meantime, the Gyeonggi Office of Education said 363 kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in the province were closed as of 11 a.m. today (28th) due to heavy snow in the Gyeonggi area.

He also explained that 189 elementary, middle, and high schools in Gyeonggi Province adjusted their school and school hours.

Some schools in Suwon and Yongin were temporarily closed due to safety issues in school and disruptions in meals due to the collapse of facilities,
Most elementary schools are closed in Gwacheon, ∀, and many middle and high schools have adjusted their school hours to 10 o'clock.

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