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Rescue teams in Istanbul and Athens today cleared the roads blocked by a heavy snowstorm that hit most of Turkey and Greece yesterday, leaving hundreds of people and vehicles stranded overnight in freezing temperatures.
Roads and highways around Istanbul were blocked yesterday by about 80 centimeters of snow isolating drivers and passengers.
Some spent the night in their cars and some others abandoned them to walk towards the flats.
Turkish Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoglu said today that the situation has returned to normal, while Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said travel restrictions had been lifted.
The runway of Istanbul’s main airport was cleared today, allowing the resumption of a limited number of flights.
Hundreds of passengers stranded yesterday at Istanbul Airport shouted “We want a hotel” protesting their condition, wrote the local daily Cumhuriyet.
In Athens, rescue teams released 200 to 300 drivers stranded on the main highway connecting Athens with the capital’s main airport.
The streets of Athens remain closed by the broken branches of trees from the weight of the snow. Some areas north of the capital suffered from electricity shortages.
Istanbul Meteorological Center, AKOM, said an Icelandic low pressure system had covered most of the country with cold and rain.
Balkan countries were also affected by sub-zero freezing weather in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Croatia.
Montenegro recorded yesterday the lowest temperature ever in the northern village of Kosanica, with minus 33.2 C. Previously the lowest temperature was recorded in 1985 at minus 32 C in the northern town of Rozaje.
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