Hundreds in Croatia spend night in cars, gas stations after snowstorm brings traffic to a halt

Hundreds of group successful Croatia person spent nan nighttime successful their cars aliases astatine state stations and reception centers aft a snowstorm complete nan play caused postulation to illness and near parts of nan state trim off.

The abrupt alteration of upwind aft a play of lukewarm and balmy days besides has snarled postulation successful neighboring Serbia and Bosnia, leaving areas successful western Serbia without power and cutting railway postulation to neighboring Montenegro.

Croatian authorities said connected Monday that nan roads starring to and from nan Adriatic Sea coastline stay closed because of snowfall and beardown winds. Media reported that cars and buses were parked on nan main Croatian road arsenic they hold to move on.

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About 300 group person stayed successful nan reception centers that person been group up because of nan situation, said Natalia Turbic, section emergency charismatic successful Gracac successful cardinal Croatia. Others sought places successful backstage accommodation successful nan area, she said.

State tv HRT reported that hundreds of group that couldn't scope nan reception centers stayed successful buses and cars aliases looked for state position cafes adjacent which opened their doors for stranded motorists and passengers.

People were lying connected nan level aliases sleeping connected chairs, HRT said. A group of shot fans who were walking from nan superior Zagreb to nan coastal municipality of Split were among those stuck connected nan way.

A female pinch a canine walks done a snow-covered thoroughfare successful Belgrade, Serbia, connected Feb. 26, 2023, aft nan state and nan remainder of nan region were deed by a abrupt upwind alteration that brought rainfall and snow. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

"There is nary usage successful getting irritated," Melita Ancic, a autobus passenger, told HRT. "These are bonzer circumstances. We conscionable request to beryllium patient."

Marijan Grubisic was walking from Germany to Bosnia erstwhile he sewage stranded. He told HRT that "we didn't expect thing for illustration this."

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"It's been tough, tons of snow, very hard, very cold," he said.

While nan business was astir melodramatic in Croatia, problems were besides reported successful occidental Serbia and elevated regions of Bosnia.

Serbia's authorities railway institution said that trains to Montenegro weren't running, mostly because of fallen trees and problems successful powerfulness supplies successful nan region adjacent nan separator betwixt nan 2 countries.

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The towns of Prijepolje and Bajina Basta were without energy overnight Sunday to Monday, nan Tanjug news agency reported.

Bosnian authorities said Monday that dense snowfall and upwind person slowed down postulation passim nan country, particularly complete nan mountains. Landslides and fallen trees are causing further problems, postulation authorities said, urging caution.