About 4,000 passengers that had been stranded on highways were released late in the afternoon, after struggling in snow for more than a day, as frozen roads were cleaned and traffic returned to normal, the Korea Highway Corporation said. 8th street latinas "Although traffic jams remain in several areas, now there's no stranded cars," said an official at the corporation. "We blocked entrances near the congested areas to help fully normalize traffic." By noon, about 2,200 cars had been stuck on two major highways linking the capital Seoul to cities in the south, according to the corporation. The government had mobilized 39 helicopters to meet the basic needs of motorists. Mike in Brazil "We've delivered bread, water, blankets and even gas," said an official at the National Disaster Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters. The anti-disaster center estimated damages from the snowfall at 162.1 billion won ($138.5 million) by late afternoon, adding that the figure would climb as it was still compiling data.