CDSCHQ: "88 Cases of Facility Collapses Including Houses and Livestock Barns Due to Heavy Snow"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) announced that as of 6 p.m. on the 23rd, 88 cases of facility collapses occurred nationwide due to heavy snowfall.

By type of facility damage, there were 60 greenhouses, 24 livestock barns, 2 warehouses, 1 commercial building, and 1 residential house.

Frozen water meters increased by 141 cases from the previous count at 11 a.m., totaling 552 cases. There were also 2 cases of frozen water pipes, which have been fully restored.

There were 40 safety accidents including traffic accidents. Roads are currently closed at 73 locations (23 national roads, 50 local roads).

Access to 243 trails in 9 national parks including Mudeungsan and Jirisan has also been restricted.

Passenger ships have suspended operations on 85 routes with 110 vessels due to bad weather and high waves.

Flights have been canceled for 179 flights departing from airports (88 from Jeju, 42 from Gimpo, etc.), an increase of 77 flights compared to the 11 a.m. count.

On this day, 2,150 schools adjusted their academic schedules with changes such as adjusted school hours (1,340), school closures (530), and remote classes (280). Among them, Jeonnam had the highest number with 831 schools, followed by Jeonbuk with 666, Gwangju with 336, and Chungbuk with 80.

With a heavy snow warning in effect, up to 62.1 cm of snow fell in Sunchang, Jeonbuk. Strong snowfall of 3 to 5 cm per hour is expected until the evening in Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Jeju, and until the morning of the 24th mainly in the western Jeolla region.

With cold wave warnings issued for the central region, parts of Gyeongsang, and eastern Jeonbuk, morning temperatures are expected to drop to around minus 15 degrees Celsius in the central region and minus 10 degrees Celsius in the southern region until the 25th.

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