Winter in Europa 2016/2017 #2

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Bosporus al drie dagen dicht voor scheepvaart door winterweer

De Bosporus bij Istanbul is voor de derde dag op rij dicht voor scheepvaartverkeer vanwege het zeer beperkte zicht door aanhoudend winterweer.

Ook alle veerdiensten, populair bij forenzen die reizen tussen het Aziatische en Europese deel van Istanbul, zijn geannuleerd, meldt AFP. De Bosporus is een van de drukst bevaren knelpunten ter wereld.

Vanwege hevige sneeuwval, zware wind en dichte mist ging de zeestraat zaterdag al dicht, meldde de Turkse kustwacht.

Naast het scheepvaartverkeer, hindert het winterweer ook de luchtvaart. Sinds zaterdag zijn al honderden vluchten van en naar Istanbul geschrapt. Als gevolg zijn duizenden reizigers gestrand.

Ook blijven sommige scholen in Istanbul maandag dicht

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Op maandag 9 januari 2017 11:21 schreef aloa het volgende:
IJsvorming op de Donau in Boedapest tijdens de afgelopen dagen. Lokaal kwam het gisteren in Hongarije gisteren tot -28º (bron: Máté Bor).

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Op maandag 9 januari 2017 11:46 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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Is die ijsvorming ongekend? Lijkt me vrij bijzonder voor zo'n grote rivier of komt dat vaker voor?

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More casualties in Europe due to arctic blast
More than 60 people have died in Europe since the beginning of the month when cold Arctic airmass started descending south, toward the Mediterranean. The most vulnerable, and many of the victims, are homeless and migrants. The temperatures are expected to somewhat ease up over the next couple of days in parts of the region, but the weather is expected to further deteriorate by the end of the week. There are fears thousands of people could die before the winter ends.

While severe winter weather and extremely low temperatures, as low as -30 °C (-22 °F) and more in some areas, are affecting much of the south-central and eastern Europe since the beginning of the month, the impact of freezing temperatures in Poland was felt as early as November 2016. Between November 1, 2016 and January 10, 2017, the toll of hypothermia deaths in the country has reached 71.

The last winter in Poland was unusually mild but still claimed 77 lives in the nation of 38 million, compared to 78 in 2013 - 2014 and 177 in 2012 - 2013, the AFP reports. Another problem in Poland these days is severe air pollution as coal and waste-fired home furnaces drive up air pollution to the highest levels recorded in years. Authorities urged children and the elderly to remain indoors.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expressed its concern for thousands of migrants, asylum seekers and others enduring freezing winter conditions. Dozens of migrants died due to exposure to extremely low temperatures, including those who recently arrived in cities like Rome and others in transit across the Balkans.

Of particular concern in this extreme weather, IOM said, are the more than 15 500 migrants and asylum seekers housed in camps on Greek Islands. This Mediterranean country has been hit by unusually cold snap and heavy snowfall since Friday, January 6.

Additionally, some 6 000 Syrian refugees in Turkey are reported to be without adequate, winterized shelter - out of a total refugee population of three million. IOM also reports over 7 500 people are currently stranded in Serbia, living in accommodation without adequate winter protection.

“After 2016, a year in which more than 5 000 migrants died trying to reach safety in Europe, it is imperative that the world respond to the dangers exposed by these extreme weather conditions with food aid, shelter and other resources in the short term and long term,” said IOM Director General William Lacy Swing.

Central Emergency Services of Slovakia, said six people have succumbed to the cold weather in recent days. The country registered several records on January 8, The Slovak Spectator reported. In Oravská Lesná the temperature fell to -35.2 °C (-31.4 °F), Lieske reported a record -29.9 °C (-21.8 °F) and Poprad -24.6 °C (-12.3 °F), according to the meteorologist Paulína Valová from Slovak Hydro Meteorological Institute. The temperature in Dudince, southern Slovakia fell to -29.8 °C (-21.6 °F) which is its coldest temperature ever measured.

In the Balkans, at least 7 people have died since January 9, three each in Serbia and Macedonia, and one in Albania, media reported.

Six people have also died in Romania, where schools have been closed this week. The exact death toll in Ukraine is unknown, but media reports vary between 18 and 37 people this month.

As expected with such potent Arctic airmass outbreak, rivers and lakes across the affected region are freezing.

River Danube, the longest river in the European Union is experiencing its second freezing event (after 2012) since 1991. As a result, river traffic between Romania and Bulgaria, as well as in Croatia, was halted indefinitely on Tuesday, January 10.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2017 15:11 schreef Dven het volgende:
Zwarte Zee bij Bulgarije voor het eerst in meer dan 50 jaar aan het bevriezen

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Op dinsdag 17 januari 2017 12:37 schreef aloa het volgende:
"Lawines worden in 9 van de 10 keer door mensen zelf veroorzaakt door het skiën in losse sneeuw", zegt Romani. "In één keer gaan er dan tientallen meters sneeuw glijden, en dan kun je alleen maar hopen dat je er niet onder begraven wordt."

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Op vrijdag 20 januari 2017 13:33 schreef aloa het volgende:
Het aantal overlevenden is bijgesteld naar 8.

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