Cold Weather Paralyzes Daily Life Across Country

ANKARA - Cold weather paralyzes daily life and traffic across the country. A total of 2450 village roads are closed to traffic in Eastern Anatolia Region due to heavy snowfall.
Rural Affairs officials said on Saturday that 844 village roads are closed in eastern Erzurum province, 385 roads are closed in Mus province, 346 village roads are closed in Tunceli province, 322 roads are closed to traffic in Erzincan province and 559 village roads are closed in Van and Hakkari provinces.
Meteorology Erzurum Regional Directorate officials said that snow thickness reached 40 cm in Bingol, it reached 38 cm in Kars and it reached 35 cm in Mus province and added that snowfall is expected to end as of December 23.
A total of 200 village roads are opened to traffic in central Anatolia region.
Efforts are continuing to reopen the roads between Tunceli-Ovacik, Bingol-Adakli, Yedisu-Karliova, Kars-Artvin and Kars-Kagizman.