Heavy winter conditions across Bulgaria cause road closures, power cuts

The situation in the country remains complicated after the snowfall and the strong wind.

Code orange was declared on January 27 for potentially dangerous weather, snowfall and wind in 9 districts in Bulgaria: Silistra, Dobrich, Razgrad, Targovishte, Varna, Shumen, Sliven, Bourgas and Yambol. Code yellow is in effect for snowfall and stormy wind in the districts of Rousse, Veliko Turnovo, Gabrovo, Lovech, Stara Zagora, Haskovo and Kardzhali .

Serious snowfalls are expected in the districts of Shumen, Varna, Bourgas and Dobrich.

All motorways are passable in winter conditions.

The restriction for movement of vehicles weighing more than 12 tonnes on Hemus motorway in the Sofia region has been lifted.

Petrohan and Shipka mountain passes are passable without restrictions. At the Pass of the Republic, there is no restriction for chains for vehicles weighing more than 12 tonnes.

Beklemeto mountain pass is completely closed to traffic.

Restrictions on the movement of heavy vehicles in the passes in Smolyan District and in the direction of Belovo-Yundola and Devin-Mihalkovo remain in effect.

Traffic through the Dyulin Pass is temporarily restricted due to snow removal.

The situation in Varna district is difficult. In some places it is even critical. There are power outages in 13 villages in the district. In 9 of them, electricity supply has already been restored.

The roads are passable, but in winter conditions. The road Vetrino-Sovorovo and the road near Aksakovska Panorama are closed for snow cleaning. There is an emergency ambulance stuck near the village of Kumanovo with a hemodialysis patient.

A partial state of emergency is expected to be declared in the municipality of Sovorovo due to the frequent failures in the electricity transmission grid.

There are many stuck cars in the Varna region, but no reports of stranded people. There is also a stuck bus in the area of ​​the village of Kichevo, but the passengers have already been transported.

The traffic in Varna is normal, the roads are cleaned.

10 people were evacuated from cars stuck the snow in Shoumen region

The people were in five cars that got stuck in the snow between the villages of Velino and Zhivkovo. The police received signals for a poorly cleaned road between Chernoglavtsi and Venets, and a car crashed at the Belokopitovo road junction.

There are power outages in 24 villages in Shumen region in the municipalities of Smyadovo, Kaolinovo and Novi Pazar. Work is underway to restore electricity supply.

The road section from the village of Zlatna Niva to the village of Voyvoda is impassable.

According to the mayors of the municipalities, all municipal roads on the territory of the ten municipalities are open and passable in winter conditions. The town of Pliska is without water due to lack of electricity for the pumping station.

25 villages are without electricity in Haskovo district in Southern Bulgaria

Emergency teams are working to restore power supply. The roads in the area are passable in winter conditions and there are no traffic restrictions.

Firefighters responded to 20 reports of broken wires and fallen trees. According to the data of the Regional Road Administration, there are 78 machines in operation.

Dozens of villages in the municipalities of Vratsa, Roman and Oryahovo are also without electricity due to downed power lines after the heavy snowfall. CEZ electricty supplier’s teams are working to repair the breakdowns. Due to the winds and the slow snow clearing, the road between Mezdra and Vratsa was closed for lorries.

There are power outages in many villages in Stara Zagora region in southern Bulgaria. Kran-Shipka road is closed.

Shipka mountain Pass was closed for an hour so that the road could be cleaned from the snow. Motorists are advised to drive with caution as there are icy sections on the road.

Due to the very strong wind, the Kran-Shipka road was closed, where dozens of cars crashed this morning. Fortunately, no one was injured. A detour route through the village of Dunavtsi is provided.

It is snowing havily in the area.

There are no closed roads in Sofia district.

189 snowploughs worked around the clock in the Sofia region. There are no closed roads. There are no stuck lorries and cars.

Struma motorway remains open. Restrictions on lorries weighing more than 12 tonnes were lifted for travelling on Hemus Motorway, Vitinya and the Iskar Gorge. Petrohan Pass is passable in winter conditions.

125 snowploughs worked in the city of Sofia. The streets were cleaned all night. Currently, work is being done mainly in the small side streets in the rresidential areas.

Traffic on the main road Sofia-Veliko Turnovo is difficult due to an accident

Traffic on the main road Sofia-Veliko Turnovo, Sofia-Rousse is difficult due to an accident involving three cars in the area of ​​Sevlievo. The road is currently not closed.

The Pass of the Republic is open for traffic in winter conditions. Lorries weighing more than 12 tonnes without chains are stopped.

Currently, 19 villages in Veliko Turnovo district are without electricity. There are no stranded people.

The heavy winter conditions caused power cuts in villages in the coastal district of Bourgas.

There are power outages in 8 villages in the municipality of Ruen. In one of them - the village of Chereshite, an entire neighbourhood remained without electrical appliances due to damages to an electric pole.

The heavy snowfall caused power outages in five villages in Sungurlare municipality. There are 4 villages in Aytos and 3 in Malko Turnovo without electricity, where it is still snowing.

In some places the snow cover reaches 45 cm.

The road section Izvorishte - Kableshkovo is closed to traffic due to snowstorms.

A bus crashed on the Rousse-Byala road in northern Bulgaria

A Turkish passenger bus went off the road this morning and fell into a ditch on the Rouse-Byala section. Two drivers and three passengers were travelling in it. The bus ran regular service to Bucharest.

A total of 8 villages in the district of Rousse region are without electricity due to a broken transmission line. All roads in Rousse region are passable in winter conditions.

All citizens and transport companies can receive information about the current traffic situation from the website of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) - www.api.bg, as well as at any time of the day on tel. 0700 130 20.

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