Visits to national parks are controlled and the sky is disrupted … ‘pungpung’ snow until night
On the 21st, when snow of about 10 cm was accumulated in various places along with severe cold wave, snow traffic and fall accidents in Gangwon.
According to the Gangwon-do Fire Department, the morning car driven by A (36) slipped on the snow at 8:28 am on a road in Jueumchi-ri, Hwachon-myeon, Hongcheon-gun.
In the accident, Mr. He suffered minor injuries and was treated in hospital.
At around 1:35 pm on the same day, three cars skidded on the snow and crashed into the tunnel wall in North Tunnel 1 towards Sokcho on the Yangyang Expressway in Seongdong-ri, northern Hongcheon-gun.
No one was injured in the accident.
In addition, 7 traffic accidents occurred in Sindong-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Heungeop-myeon, Wonju-si, and Bangrim-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, resulting in 9 people suffering major and minor injuries.
In addition, 11 cases of falls on icy or snowy roads were reported.
Some roads in the state were also closed due to concerns about traffic accidents caused by freezing.
Currently, nine roads in Chuncheon, Wonju, Yeongwol, and Goseong are under control, including the Hu-ryeong Bay Tunnel that connects Sinbuk-eup in Chuncheon-si and Gandong-myeon in Hwacheon-gun, and the Misiryeong Tunnel between Goseong and Inje.
In addition, access to 50 national park trails, including Seoraksan, Odaesan, Chiaksan, and Taebaeksan, is restricted.
On this day, the flight from Wonju to Jeju was canceled at Wonju Airport, and the air route was partially disrupted due to bad weather.
The province carries out snow removal work which focuses on the parts of inland and mountain areas and back roads that are regularly frozen, and closed circuit television (CC) monitoring is carried out in sections that are n prone to traffic accidents such as tunnel and hill entrances and exits. roads.
As of 5:00 pm on the same day, the deepest new snowfall (amount of snow when snow accumulated over a certain period of time) is 10.0 cm in Daehwa in Pyeongchang, 8.2 cm in Sangseo in Hwacheon, 7.4 cm in Hongcheon, 7.4 cm in Mahyeon in Cheorwon, 7.6 cm in Sillim in Wonju, and 5.9 cm in Sabuk, Jeongseon. and so forth.
The Korea Meteorological Administration predicted that it would snow until tonight in inland and mountainous areas where heavy snow warnings were issued, and some areas would show calm.
An official from the Korea Meteorological Administration said, “Be careful of safety accidents because snow is expected to accumulate on back roads, back lanes, and sloping roads, or frozen roads are expected.”
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