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Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) reports that due to the heavy wet snow that fell in Lithuania, there were about 55,000 people without electricity on Wednesday at 8 am homes.
Traffic conditions across the country on Wednesday remain difficult due to heavy snowfall and blizzards overnight, and some of the district’s roads are impassable, the Highway Administration warns.
Main roads: with wet or collapsed snow furrows, in some places the compressed or loose snow cover reaches up to 10-15 cm. Regional areas with less traffic intensity: roads with compressed snow, slippery, here in some places a layer of snow, up to 30 cm.
The Highway Administration warns that some regional roads are difficult to cross in southern and eastern Lithuania; these roads are located in the districts of Marijampolė, Vilkaviškis, Vilnius, Ukmergė and Širvintos. Roads are being cleared to their full potential, but the Highway Administration warns that once cleared for snow, they will soon be covered with snow again.
Traffic conditions are slightly better in western Lithuania, especially in Klaipėda county, because there was less rainfall. It is also noted that due to the thick layer of snow trees and tree branches are broken, it is advised to be careful in wooded areas, to avoid unnecessary trips by car.
Air temperature: from 1 degree of cold to 2 degrees of heat.
According to the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service, the snow will calm down in the second half of Wednesday.
Dry weather will prevail.
The temperature will begin to drop, with a chill of 3 to 8 degrees Thursday night, and 10 to 12 degrees in some places. The day promises from -3 degrees of cold to 2 degrees of heat by the sea.
Friday night 5-10, in places up to 14 degrees cold, day 1-6 degrees cold.
In the coming days, heavy snowfalls will leave Lithuania.
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