/View.info/ Dobrudja freezes. Forecasts are that by January 1, the wind will increase and reach 28 meters per second.
The municipality of Dobrich called on citizens to tightly close the windows of homes, offices and businesses, to remove loose objects from terraces and balconies, because of the strong wind there is a danger of falling objects, branches, glass and sheet metal, BNR reported. Move away from hanging cables and wires, electrical and lighting poles and decorations. Motorists are also advised to stop and park away from risk sites.
The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology warned that strong winds and significant wind turbulence are expected in Varna. On the night of December 31 and on December 31 during the day, the wind over the sea will be north-northeast with a speed of 15-18 m/s. On January 1, the wind will be from the north at a speed of 15-20 m/s, in the afternoon it will be oriented from the north-northwest and will gradually weaken. A significant wind disturbance will develop and from the night of December 31st to midday on January 1st the sea disturbance will reach 4-5 points.
Meanwhile, the road situation in Northwestern Bulgaria is gradually normalizing. The cleaning of impassable road sections in Vidin region continues.
The severe weather situation in the Vidin region led to a power cut for 15,000 subscribers. A large part of the accidents were fixed during the night. Impassable roads in some places are the reason why 6 villages in Boinitsa municipality remain without electricity. The breakdowns are expected to be fixed everywhere today, the electricity distribution company assured.
Over the past 24 hours, teams of the Regional Directorate “Fire Safety and Protection of the Population” in Vidin have participated in 8 emergency rescue operations to pull out stranded cars in problem areas in the district. Rescue crews helped pull 21 cars and one bus. The necessary organization has been created and there is a readiness for timely transportation of seriously ill citizens or those subject to hemodialysis and women in labor, the Regional Directorate “Fire Safety and Protection of the Population” announced.
The road situation in the Vratsa region is normalizing, but the dire situation in the region remains because of the roads that are still not cleared of snow. Throughout the day, the machines of the regional road administration secured the closed sections and processed the icy road surfaces. In the most critical area, on the second-class road II-15, between the villages of Altimir and Lipnitsa, heavy machinery was extracting the stuck TIRs. In this section, traffic is restricted to cars only, and in one lane. Several routes are still closed to traffic. These are Oryahovo-Mizia, Oryahovo-Selanovtsi, between the Oryahovo villages of Ostrov and Gorni Vadin, the Romanian village of Kameno Pole and the Mezdren village of Drashan. Today there are no people in distress and no stranded cars. Tomorrow before noon, the regional crisis headquarters will meet and, according to the current situation, will decide whether to remain in the state of emergency during the holidays.
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