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The new wave of cold weather coming from Black Sea region and affecting most parts of the country is expected to last until Friday, according to news reports yesterday.
Heavy storms hit the Aegean and Black Sea regions as well central and southern Anatolia and Marmaris.
Strong winds swept across the popular holiday town Bodrum on Turkey's western coast uprooted trees, damaging electricity lines and causing several fishing boast to sink. The storm is expected to continue through today.
Giant waves in Black Sea coastal province of Zonguldak crashed through breakwaters. Strong winds of 92 kilometers per hour in the Aegean province of İzmir tore off rooftops and damaged electricity cables around the city.
Avalanche in Tunceli
An avalanche occurred Monday night on the road connecting the eastern province of Tunceli to Erzincan, the Anatolia news agency reported. Some 41 people were unable to move while 25 bus passengers were sent to Tunceli once the road opened where they spent the night at a nearby boarding school. Another 16 people stayed in a gendarmerie station until the roads were cleaned up.
Heavy snowfall affected the entire country, especially the central and eastern Anatolia regions. The expected snowfall for Istanbul came at late Monday night and is expected to affect the Anatolian side of the city mostly.
The road between central Anatolian province of Kayseri and Sivas was closed down due to snowfall, while the road connecting Ankara to Kayseri was partly closed down too Monday night. Trucks transporting newspapers could not reach Kayseri and flights from Kayseri to Istanbul and İzmir were canceled as well.
Close to 4500 roads leading to villages across the country have been blocked.
Regional meteorology officials said that the snowfall is expected to continue to the end of this week.
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