Snow hell in the Balkans: chaos through power outages and traffic blocks!

Snow hell in the Balkans: chaos through power outages and traffic blocks!

A violent winter storm crashed the Balkan states into a chaos - power failures, blocked streets and blocked schools!

An icy grip hit the region! In Bosnia and Herzegovina, tens of thousands of households are without electricity, while violent snowfalls and strong winds also provide traffic chaos in Croatia and Serbia. The location is tense and people are fighting against the forces of nature!

"Despite our tireless efforts to fix the disorders, the power supply situation has deteriorated. Currently there are 127,000 meter points without electricity," reported the Energy Caterer Electroprivreda Bih on Tuesday. In the Republika Srpska, the Serbian part of Bosnia, around 50,000 users of Elekrokrjina are also affected. "All available teams are in use and have been working on the remedial of the disorders since the early hours of the morning," said the company.

emergency in drvar!

In West Bosnia, the emergency was proclaimed due to the extreme weather. All access routes to the municipality of Drvar are blocked and the 17,000 inhabitants are cut off from the outside world. "The situation is extremely difficult. The snow falls incessantly. People are stranded in the snow," reported Jasna Pecanac, the President of the DRVAR municipal council, the local media.

The snow drifts in some villages around Drvar reach up to two meters high! The violent snowfalls make the clearance work significantly more difficult. "We are calling for support for snow removal. All available machines are already in use," added Pecanac.

The authorities spent travel warnings in the entire Balkans because snow drifts have blocked some main roads. Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia have banned the movement of heavy vehicles and restricted traffic on affected roads.

schools closed, trains stand still!

The effects of the snowstorm are devastating! In Banja Luka, the second largest city of Bosnia, the classes were canceled in primary schools. A day before, the lessons had also been suspended in about 70 primary and secondary schools in the UNA-SANA canton in northwestern Bosnia.

The rail connections in parts of Bosnia have come to a standstill. The state energy society describes the situation in some regions as "extremely hard". The heavy, wet snow has caused distribution lines to collapse that is difficult to access.

In the region, the television station N1 reported dozens of vehicles that stuck in the snow for over 10 hours before they could continue. In Slovenia, the search for an injured Hungarian hiker who has been missing in the Alps since Sunday was discontinued due to strong winds. However, rescuers were able to bring his female companion to safety.

In Croatia, a mountain rescue team used skis on Tuesday morning to reach a man who stuck in his car while he was on the way to a dialysis. "We brought him there in time," said Savior Dario Cindric.