Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power
Al Jazeera
Harsh weather causes havoc across the region, with snow drifts also shutting down highways and halting trains.
Tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina were without electricity after heavy snow and winds that also brought traffic chaos in neighbouring Croatia and Serbia.
“Despite efforts and continuous work to repair the faults, the electricity supply situation worsened. Currently, 127,000 metering points are without power,” distributor Elektroprivreda BiH said on Tuesday.
Elektrokrajina, which covers the municipalities of the Serb entity in Bosnia, Republika Srpska, also announced that about 50,000 of its users are without power.
“All available field teams have been deployed and have been working since the early morning hours to repair the faults,” the company stated.
In western Bosnia, a state of emergency was declared after severe weather blocked all entry and exit points to the municipality of Drvar, cutting off its 17,000 residents.
