In Istanbul, snow rains from Tuesday morning, which caused both the European and Asian side of the city to numerous problems. It formed on the roads Slippes layer of ice and snowwhich cars were unable to move.
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The snow broke traffic in a big city
Many vehicles could not climb more steep road sections that were iced. The cars slipped on the slopes.
Some road sections were closed, and road services estimate that the traffic jams caused by severe conditions formed at 67 percent. roads in European and 90 percent Asian part of Istanbul. On average at 78 percent roads there are traffic jams because of this.
There have been many accidents. A appeal was sent to drivers so that they would not go to the road, if possible.
Closed schools, grounded planes
Due to bad conditions, the local authorities decided on closing schools in nine districts: Avcılar, Arnavutkoy, Basaksehir, Beykoz, Beylikduzu, Esenyurt, Sultangazi, Buyukcekmece.
At the same time, the Governor of Istanbul stressed that all branches in the city were not closed, because the snowstorms affected the northern part to the greatest extent.
He suffered a lot air traffic. 5 percent were canceled from the Sabiha Gokcen airport. flights planned for Tuesday and 10 percent planned for Wednesday. Airport authorities recommend travelers to check the status of their connection to make sure that it will be implemented.
According to the State Meteorological Service in Turkey Warming throughout the country will take place around Friday.
Source: Hurriyetdailynews.com, Dailysabah.com