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January 8, 2001
SEOUL-- (UNB/AP) - Tens of thousands of tourists d students were stranded at an airport on a South Korean island Sunday because of heavy snow, state Yonhap news agency said. Three international and 59 domestic flights from the airport on Cheju island off the southern coast were canceled after up to 42.5 centimeters (17 inches) of snow blanketed South Korea, the report said. About 13,000 people, many of them high school students who had planned to fly to Seoul to take university entrance exams Monday, were stranded, it said. Early editions of Monday newspapers reported that hundreds of domestic flights from Seoul's Kimpo airport were also canceled while some international flights were delayed for hours. No one answered the phone at the airports Sunday night. The reports gave no further details. The Korea Meteorological Administration said the snowfall in Seoul had reached 15.1 centimeters (6 inches), the most since 18.3 centimeters (7.3 inches) fell on Dec. 19, 1981. Meanwhile, 17 people were believed stranded in Doota Mountain on the northeastern coast. Rescuers were having difficulty finding them as snow continued to fall. The Central Disaster Relief Headquarters issued a storm warning for waters around the Korean peninsula and a heavy snowfall warning for most of the country. A fishing boat capsized in high waves near Cheju island, the authorities said. Five crew members were rescued by marine police, but two others remain missing. Parts of the nation's major highways and roads were also blocked, causing heavy traffic jams. About 27,000 government officials and cleaning workers were deployed to clear snow.
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