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윤석열 대통령이 27일 수도권·강원 등 대설 상황에 "제설 인력과 장비를 총동원해 교통사고, 교통 혼잡 등 국민 피해가 발생않도록 철저히 관리하라"고 지시했다고 대통령실이 전했다.
윤 대통령은 이날 이상민 행정안전부·박상우 국토교통부 장관으로 부터 대설 상황 관련 보고를 받고 "내일 오전까지 많은 눈이 예상되므로 국민들께 교통·기상 정보를 신속 전달해 대설에 따른 피해·불편이 발생않도록 만전을 기해달라"며 이같이 당부했다고 정혜전 대통령실 대변인이 전했다.
그러면서 "출·퇴근길 혼잡 시간대 대중교통 증차 등 대중교통 이용에도 불편없도록 하라"고 지시했다. 행안부는 이날 오전 3시부로 중앙재난안전대책본부 1단계를 가동하고 대설 위기경보 수준을 '관심'에서 '주의'로 올렸다. 서울 경우 삼청동길 등 일부 도로가 통제됐고 북한산 등 12개 국립고우언 290개소 출입도 막았다.
기상청에 따르면 지난 26일 밤부터 이날 아침까지 서울(종로구 송월동 기준)에 16.5㎝ 눈이 쌓인 가운데 지난 1907년 10월 서울에서 근대적 기상관측을 시작한 이래 11월 적설 최고치를 기록했다.
이날 밤부터 28일 오전까지 서해상에서 다시 눈구름대가 들어오면서 수도권·강원내륙·산지·충청내륙·전북동부·경북북부내륙·경남북서내륙에 습기를 머금은 무거운 눈이 다시 쏟아질 것으로 예보됐다.
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President Yoon Seok-yeol orders "Mobilize all snow removal personnel and equipment to thoroughly manage so that citizens are not harmed"
After receiving a report on heavy snow conditions in the metropolitan area and Gangwon Province, Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo were instructed to "ensure that there are no inconveniences in using public transportation, such as increasing the number of public transportation services during rush hour."
-kihong Kim reporter
The presidential office reported that President Yoon Seok-yeol instructed on the 27th to "mobilize all snow removal personnel and equipment to thoroughly manage the situation in the metropolitan area and Gangwon Province to prevent traffic accidents, traffic congestion, and other damage to the people."
On that day, President Yoon received a report on the heavy snow situation from Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo and requested, "As heavy snow is expected until tomorrow morning, please promptly provide traffic and weather information to the people to make every effort to prevent damage and inconvenience due to the heavy snow," according to presidential office spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon.
He also instructed, "Increase the number of public transportation vehicles during rush hour to ensure that there is no inconvenience in using public transportation." The Ministry of the Interior and Safety activated the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at 3:00 a.m. that day and raised the heavy snow crisis alert level from "concern" to "caution." In Seoul, some roads, including Samcheong-dong Road, were closed, and access to 290 locations in 12 national parks, including Bukhansan, was also blocked.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, from the night of the 26th to the morning of the 28th, 16.5cm of snow fell in Seoul (based on Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu), recording the highest snowfall in November since the start of modern meteorological observations in Seoul in October 1907.
From the night of the 26th to the morning of the 28th, heavy, moist snow is forecast to fall again in the metropolitan area, Gangwon inland, mountainous areas, Chungcheong inland, eastern Jeollabuk-do, northern Gyeongbuk inland, and northwestern Gyeongnam inland as snow clouds move in again from the West Sea.
