"I can't cross the Taebaek Mountains"...It's a heavy snow in Yeongseo, Gangwon, and a drought in Yeongdong.

[Anchor]
On the first Sunday of the new year, there was quite a lot of snow in the Yeongseo area of Gangwon-do under the heavy snow warning.

On the other hand, the Yeongdong area, where the sea change is urgent, has been experiencing dry weather for a long time without any snow news.

Reporter Jihwan reports.

[Reporter]
On Sunday morning, downtown Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.

The car crawls through the snow.Even people on the road

are hard to reach.

The eye-clearing touch is busy everywhere.

[Lee Eun-Woo / Sabuk-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do: It snowed a lot in the morning, so I'm cleaning up in front of my house]

Some trails in the national park are blocked.

National Route 5 from Chuncheon to Hwacheon.

The branches of the mountain valley were full of moisture and heavy snow.

The snow covered the lake, as well as the roof of the country house and every corner of the mountain path.

Snow has also accumulated at the winter festival venue ahead of the opening.

It's too much to clean up with me on holiday, but the news of the cold that follows eased my worries about preparing for the event.

[Song Hee-yeol/Hwacheon-gun Tourism Policy Director: After this snow stops, the extreme cold will come and the ice will freeze more firmly. Therefore, I think it will be a festival where you can enjoy the Sancheoneo Festival safely.

However, the snow that poured inland from Yeongseo, Gangwon Province, was blocked by the Taebaek Mountains and could not cross to the east.

A forest fire broke out in Samcheok on the east coast in the late afternoon of Saturday.

The fire spread easily in dry weather.

The Yeongdong region's special dry advisory, which has been in place since last month, has been maintained for nearly three weeks and will continue to be the same for the time being.

[Hong Seong-sook / Gangwon Regional Meteorological Administration Forecaster: Yeongdong, Gangwon Province, has had less snow than Yeongseo, Gangwon Province, so the special dry weather report has been going on for a long time since mid-December, and there will be no snow for a while.]

The Yeongseo area of Gangwon-do, which was buried in the snow with the New Year's warning of heavy snowfall.

On the other hand, winter dryness in Yeongdong, Gangwon Province, is getting worse.

I'm YTN Jihwan.

Reporter for shooting
: Sung Do-hyun