Three people have been killed in the "snow bomb" for two days...a series of evacuations and power outages

Maintenance of the second phase of the transcript...Heavy snow alert 'alert' stage
Three people died in the collapse..."Investigating the exact cause of the accident"
71 residents of 43 households in Gyeonggi Province evacuated to temporary residential facilities

[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.

Residents were evacuated overnight.

In Gyeonggi-do, 71 people from 43 households were temporarily evacuated 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 a factory ceiling 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%.

As of 11 a.m., the fire department carried out a total of 1,628 firefighting activities in connection with the 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.

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

[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.

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.

Earlier, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education urged schools at all levels to close down, saying they were concerned about safety accidents due to heavy snow and falling temperatures, and asked them to operate an emergency contact network to understand the safety situation.

As of 11:25 a.m. today, 1,174 kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in Gyeonggi Province were closed.

In addition, 256 elementary, middle, and high schools adjusted their school hours, and 119 schools adjusted their school hours.

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