Traffic jam occurred on the road near Gyodae Station in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th after heavy snowfall. News 1
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On the morning of the 17th, heavy preliminary warnings were issued throughout the country, and the government and local governments entered an emergency system. In particular, the city of Seoul has concentrated manpower and equipment from noon on this day so that the’working crisis’ that took place on the 6th is not reproduced as the’working crisis’ on the 18th.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that as of 12:00 noon on that day, the first stage of snow removal was issued and that it began emergency work with related organizations such as autonomous districts, road offices, and Seoul Facilities Corporation. There are about 2330 emergency personnel and 870 snow removal vehicles instructed to deploy. In addition, the city of Seoul is planning to detect signs in advance with a closed circuit TV (CCTV) installed on the road of snowfall in the West Sea area, and spray snow removal agents on vulnerable roads such as alleyways and steep slopes before snow falls in Seoul.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government also agreed to deploy 60 police officers at night on the 17th and 260 police officers on the morning of the 18th at 221 vulnerable spots when it snows in consultation with the Seoul Police Agency. When heavy snow falls, traffic is controlled in some sections.
When the heavy snow warning goes into effect, the intensive dispatch time for all subway and city bus lines will be extended by 30 minutes from 7 am to 9 am to 7 am to 9:30 am on the 18th.
Expect a lot of snow during the 18th rush hour
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On the afternoon of the afternoon of the 12th after heavy snowfall, citizens are clearing the snow on the streets of Myeongdong, Seoul. News 1
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The Meteorological Administration issued heavy preliminary warnings at 11 am in Seoul, the metropolitan area, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongsang. According to the Meteorological Administration, snow will begin to fall in the western part of the metropolitan area including Seoul around 3 pm on the 17th and the west coast of Chungnam, and will expand to the inland after 6 pm.
It is expected that a lot of snow will come in the early morning and morning of the 18th in the metropolitan area, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Jeonbuk, northern Jeollanam-do, Gyeongbuk, and western Gyeongnam. Estimated snowfall is the eastern part of Gyeonggi and Gangwon-do on the 17th (excluding the east coast), 5-10cm in the northern part of Chungbuk (more than 15cm in many places), and on the 18th, the metropolitan area (excluding the eastern part of Gyeonggi), the Chungnam area, the inland of Jeonbuk, and the northern part of Gyeongbuk (excluding the east coast) 2 It is ∼7cm.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security held an emergency countermeasure meeting with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and 17 municipalities at 1 pm on the 17th, and began working in emergency at 2 pm. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security asked local governments to increase public transportation to prevent traffic congestion during the rush hour on the morning of Monday the 18th, and to adjust rush hours by administrative agencies and public agencies.
Hee-gyeom Kim, head of the Disaster Safety Management Division of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, said, “The public suffered inconvenience due to insufficient sharing of situation information between agencies during heavy snowfall on the 6th and delayed snow removal work,” he said. “Please do not repeat it again.”
Earlier, the city of Seoul accused him of not properly performing snow removal work when 13 cm of snow fell on the 6th. Seo Jeong-hyup, acting mayor of Seoul, said on the 8th, two days later, unusually apologizing to the citizens and saying, “We will reorganize the disaster system from the origin to prevent recurrence.”
Reporter Eunkyung Choi [email protected]
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