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6 die, travel chaos as snow storm hits Serbia
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December 10, 2012, Monday
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FREEZING temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans, with rescue teams struggling to reach passengers stranded in buses and cars in Serbia yesterday.
Officials said four people have died in Croatia and two in Serbia as a result of blizzards in the region of southwestern Europe over the weekend, closing airports and roads and blocking public transport in big cities.
People traveling in vehicles waited for hours on several roads in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina, including the main highway leading from Belgrade to the Hungarian border, before rescue teams could free them from 50 centimeters of snow that had fallen in just a few hours.
A woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl in a stranded heated truck on her way to a hospital and named her Snezana, or Snow White in Serbian, state TV reported.
Ivica Dacic, who serves as Serbia's prime minister and interior minister, ordered all available police personnel to take part in the rescue operations.
The airport in Zagreb, Croatia, was closed for several hours on Saturday, and some of that nation's roads were closed because of high winds and heavy snow. The situation improved in Croatia yesterday, but a warning against driving remained in place because of icy roads.
Authorities in Serbia and Croatia warned people to stay indoors over the weekend.
Blizzards also hit Slovenia and Bosnia.
As the storms headed east across the Balkans yesterday, Romania's army was trying to clear snowbound roads as the country voted in a parliamentary election.
Officials said four people have died in Croatia and two in Serbia as a result of blizzards in the region of southwestern Europe over the weekend, closing airports and roads and blocking public transport in big cities.
People traveling in vehicles waited for hours on several roads in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina, including the main highway leading from Belgrade to the Hungarian border, before rescue teams could free them from 50 centimeters of snow that had fallen in just a few hours.
A woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl in a stranded heated truck on her way to a hospital and named her Snezana, or Snow White in Serbian, state TV reported.
Ivica Dacic, who serves as Serbia's prime minister and interior minister, ordered all available police personnel to take part in the rescue operations.
The airport in Zagreb, Croatia, was closed for several hours on Saturday, and some of that nation's roads were closed because of high winds and heavy snow. The situation improved in Croatia yesterday, but a warning against driving remained in place because of icy roads.
Authorities in Serbia and Croatia warned people to stay indoors over the weekend.
Blizzards also hit Slovenia and Bosnia.
As the storms headed east across the Balkans yesterday, Romania's army was trying to clear snowbound roads as the country voted in a parliamentary election.
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