Heavy blizzard and snow paralyze Lithuania: dozens of trees fall and thousands of people are without electricity



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According to Edita Zdanevičienė, representative of the Fire Protection and Rescue Department (PAGD), according to BNS, four reports were received before midnight and another after midnight.

“If at night it was Druskininkai, Alytus, Birštonas (municipalities), a couple of cases in Kaunas, then the morning departures are in the Vilnius region: city, Vilnius district. Alytus, Varėna also remains, ”said a PAGD representative.

In Vilnius, on Architect Street, a large pine branch fell on the car. On Volungė Street, firefighters also pulled a boiled tree from the car. In the district of Alytus, an elder in Punia, wood had to be removed from electrical cables.

In cities and highways, some jobs are also done for other services.

According to the Hydrometeorological Service, on Tuesday there will be clouds in Lithuania, rainfall and heavy snowfall are forecast in many places, mainly in eastern and central Lithuania. Blizzard in many areas. Northwest wind, 8–13 m / s, in gusts of 15-18 m / s. The maximum temperature will range from 1 degree cold to 2 degrees hot.

On Wednesday night it will snow heavily on the northeast side and there will be blizzards in many places. The snow will weaken during the day. Wind from northwest, west, 9–14 m / s, morning gusts of 15–19 m / s in many places.

The night temperature will be from 3 degrees cold to 1 degree heat, during the day, from 1 degree cold to 2 degrees heat.

Electricity does not have 20-25 thousand. homes

In Lithuania, due to heavy snowfall, Tuesday at noon had about 20-25 thousand. households, primarily in the Alytus region.

“According to the latest data from ESO, due to the abundant wet snow in Lithuania, there are between 20 and 25 thousand people without electricity. Homes,” ESO representative Paulius Kalmantas told BNS.

According to him, the number of households without electricity is growing because it continues to grow.

“It accumulates on tree branches, they break under the weight of snow, trees or their branches fall on overhead lines,” added P. Kalmantas.

According to him, most of the power supply disturbances occurred in the Alytus region.

He predicted that as the snow continued, the number of people without electricity would not decrease. Faults are repaired, the work brigade is strengthened.

Traffic conditions in Lithuania on Tuesday morning are exacerbated by snow and blizzards, they are difficult throughout Lithuania, warns the Highway Administration.

According to the 9-hour data, the pavements of the main roads with furrows of wet or collapsed snow, in places with a layer of compressed or loose snow up to 10-15 cm.

Regional roads with less intensity of traffic with compressed snow, in places with a layer of loose snow of up to 20 cm, slippery. Slippery road sections are cleaned and scattered by road maintenance.

In the districts of Lazdijai, Kupiškis, Prienai and Ukmergė there is a blizzard, in other places the snow turns into rain or rain.

In western areas without rainfall. The air temperature varies from 1 degree cold to 3 degrees hot.



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