ROMANIA: Ice-breakers open paths for ships on the frozen Danube river as record temperatures and snowfall hit Romania

Record ID: 333220

  • Title: ROMANIA: Ice-breakers open paths for ships on the frozen Danube river as record temperatures and snowfall hit Romania
  • Date: 6th February 2012
  • Summary: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (FEBRUARY 5, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BUCHAREST STREETS COVERED IN SNOW VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT BUS STOPS MAN CLEARING SNOW FROM CAR MORE OF SNOW IN STREETS AND CAR PARKS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CLEARING SNOW FROM CARS ICICLES ON CAR VARIOUS OF CARS AND TREES COVERED IN SNOW
  • Embargoed: 21st February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Romania, Romania
  • Country: Romania
  • Topics: Environment,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVAB03LXUI8S2VN6WRQG39LOJSBI
  • Story Text: Ten days after the first wave of cold snap hit Romania, renewed snowfall in capital Bucharest posed fresh problems for emergency services on Sunday (February 5).
    Traffic was disrupted in several places. The A2 motorway -- the longer of the country's only two motorways -- was closed. It connects Bucharest to Constanta port on the Black Sea.
    Another 19 national and more than 40 regional roads were shut off.
    Railway authorities said more than 50 trains were cancelled. They did not give further details.
    A further four people died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 34.
    More than 90 percent of the surface of the Danube was frozen in Romania over stopping ships sailing to the Black Sea.
    Several icebreaker ships were headed to Black Sea ports with food supplies.
    "Ship Mamaia 2 will leave with people and food on board towards Sulina (port on Black Sea) and villages around, together with other ships which will brake the ice in front of us," commander of the Mamaia 2, Valentin Cretu said, as workers loaded the vessel with food.
    Six ships were blocked in ice on Danube, but Black Sea ports were operational.
    The weather office said more snow was expected on Monday (February 6).
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