BELGRADE, Serbia — Heavy snowfall this week in the Balkans has closed down schools, left some remote villages cut off and disrupted traffic and power supplies in many areas in the region. In the central Bosnian municipality of Kladanj, snow has disrupted power supplies and cut phone lines. “Because of heavy snow, in some parts over 1 metre-high, some of the roads have been blocked,” he explained. We have run out of resources and money.”Meanwhile, in Germany and Austria, where heavy snow has caused fatal avalanches and major disruptions in the past few days, the situation on Friday was somewhat calmer. Still, airlines cancelled around 120 flights at Frankfurt Airport and 90 at Munich Airport on Friday because of concerns about snow, German news agency DPA reported.

Source: National Post January 11, 2019 09:22 UTC