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the central and northern Gyeongsang provinces, a lot of snow has fallen and is piling up. If possible, use public transportation and be careful of sliding accidents.
Reporter Jang Seon-yi delivers.
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It has been snowing and raining all over the country since this morning.
While a 'heavy snow warning' was issued in central regions such as Seoul, strong snow of around 3 cm per hour was poured.
Heavy snowfall of more than 15 cm is expected in the northern part of Gyeonggi-do and the mountains of Gangwon, up to 8 cm in the metropolitan area such as Seoul, Incheon, and southwestern Gyeonggi, and 5 to 10 cm in the inland Gangwon and mountainous areas of Jeju Island.
The government raised the heavy snow crisis alert from interest to caution from 11:00 pm last night (20th) and is operating the first stage of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government also issued the second stage of snow removal and entered into an emergency work system.
About 8,500 snow removal workers and 1,000 snow removal equipment were put in to clear snow from dawn.
In addition, in preparation for the influx of passengers on subways and city buses, we decided to extend the rush hour for commuting to work and to extend the time for dispatching to and from work by 30 minutes.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government requested cooperation from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and decided to deploy traffic police at 116 vulnerable points and control traffic in vulnerable sections during heavy snowfall.