Location of disaster.

EDIS Number: SS-20120126-33926-SCG

Date / time: 26/01/2012 14:51:33 [UTC]
Event: Snow Storm
Area: Europe
Country: Serbia
State/County:
Location: [Statewide]
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: N/A
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: Heavy

Description:

To the west, in Serbia, the situation was 'very serious,' according to the head of emergency services, Predrag Maric. 'Several rescue operations are underway at the moment, we are trying to reach people who remained snowed in,' he said. 'There is a lot of trouble in Serbia now because of the snow and strong wind.' Snowplow crews were frantically trying to keep the roads clean, but even the main highways were under a thin layer of snow in some areas, local reports said. Several secondary roads were impassable. Bus departures in southern and western Serbia were being canceled and trains were running late, while schools remained closed for the second day. Snow and wind damaged power lines in several places in western and central Serbia, leaving thousands of people without electricity, the Serbian power company EPS said. Just across the Serbian border to the west, in Bosnia, a major power line was damaged, causing blackouts in towns and villages in the area. Dozens of villages there have been without electricity since Wednesday.