Severe winter weather causes traffic disruptions and snow drifts on roads in Ukraine: up to 1.5 meters in some places
Kyiv • UNN
The bad weather resulted in snow drifts of up to 1.5 meters in some places and hampered traffic in Odesa, Mykolaiv and other regions of Ukraine, with some roads closed. Mustafa Nayem, head of the State Agency for Reconstruction, said that strong winds were hampering road clearing, even though crews were working in an intensified mode
Due to the bad weather, most of the snow in the morning was on the highways in Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, with drifts up to 1.5 meters high in some places . This was reported on Monday by the head of the State Agency for Reconstruction Mustafa Nayem, UNN writes.
More and more roads are covered with snow. We have heavy snow, wind gusts up to 30 m/s. As a result, snowdrifts up to 1.5 meters high are forming on the roads. Most of the snow is on the roads of Odesa (70-200 cm) and Mykolaiv (up to 60 cm) regions. In the north of Ukraine - 20-30 cm, in the west and in the center - 10 cm, Nayem said on Telegram.
Details
Due to the abnormal amount of snow and strong wind gusts in Odesa region, he said, traffic on 14 road sections is very difficult. As many as 315 vehicles were caught in snowdrifts. In Mykolaiv region, he said, there are 4 difficult sections, with 7 vehicles stuck in the snow. In Kirovohrad region - 3 sections, 60 vehicles got caught in snowdrifts.
"Strong winds prevent us from clearing the roads quickly, despite the involvement of additional equipment," the official said.
According to him, 1273 vehicles and 1438 workers are currently working on the roads. Over the past day, 25.5 tons of sand and salt mixture and 343 tons of pure salt have already been used.
The head of the Recovery Agency also spoke in more detail about traffic restrictions.
Odesa region:
Since yesterday, traffic has been closed for all vehicles on the following state highways:
M-15 Odesa-Reni, km 11-920 - km 307+718;
M-16 Odesa-Kuchurha, km 0+000-59+175;
M-05 Kyiv-Odesa, km 274+435 - 466+700;
For heavy vehicles:
M-28 Odesa-Yuzhne- /M-14/, km 3+450-28+315.
Mykolaiv region:
Since yesterday evening, the road has been closed for all vehicles:
M-13 Kropyvnytskyi-Platonove (to Chisinau) km 76+416-157+052 (within Mykolaiv region);
H-24 Blahovishchenske-Mykolaiv (via Voznesensk) km 42+476-132-000 (within Mykolaiv region);
P-72 Oleksandrivka checkpoint (within Mykolaiv region);
T-16-06 Mykolaiv-Domanivka-Berizky, km 173+204 (within Mykolaiv region);
T-15-04 Pervomaiske-Novoukrainka, km 1-441 - 29+445 (within Mykolaiv region).
Kirovohrad region:
Since the night traffic for all types of transport is closed:
M-13 Kropyvnytskyi - Platonove km 0+000 - km 76+416;
For heavy vehicles:
M-30 through Kropyvnytskyi) km. 583+258-682+900;
Cherkasy region:
Since the night, the movement of freight and public passenger transport has been temporarily restricted: H-01 Kyiv - Znamianka, km 123+687 - 242+004.
What's the weather like today
"At night and in the morning in most regions, except for the western ones, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Sumy, there will be strong wind gusts (17-22 m/s, gusts up to 25-30 m/s) and blizzards. Heavy snow in Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Poltava regions, and snow drifts in Chernihiv, Sumy, and Cherkasy regions. There is ice on the roads," Nayem said.
The official urged to be careful on the roads, not to drive unnecessarily.
As a reminder,
Bad weather blocked 14 highways and caused power outages in 16 regions of Ukraine.
