Snow closes roads and isolates villages in many states

The heavy snow that fell during the recent period caused the closure of many state, national and subsidiary roads, and many areas witnessed difficulty in traffic due to ice.

According to the National Gendarmerie, some roads were closed to citizens due to heavy snowfall on Tuesday.

An alert to the National Gendarmerie Command, through its specialized page in traffic media, “My Road,” stated that in the state of Tizi Ouzou, the closure of 3 national roads was recorded, while the Information and Traffic Coordination Center of the National Gendarmerie clarified that the matter concerns both the national road No. 15 linking the states of Bouira and Tizi Ouzou. Exactly at the level of the Fajj Tirourda region, the municipality of Ifarhounen, due to the accumulation of snow, as well as the national road No. 33 at the level of the Assoul region, the municipality of Ait Boumehdi, in addition to the national road No. 30 at the level of the Tizi Nkoulane region, the municipality of Iboudraren. As for the state of Blida, the national road No. 37 connects The municipalities of Sharia and Blida are closed due to snow accumulation.

In this context, a special meteorological bulletin warned of very heavy thunderstorms falling in amounts ranging between 80 and 100 mm and may exceed 140 mm locally until nine o’clock on Friday night, and the provinces concerned relate to Bejaia, Jijel, Setif and Mila.

A second special meteorological bulletin also warned of very heavy rain falling between 60 and 80 mm, and may exceed 110 mm until midday today, Thursday. The concerned provinces relate to Boumerdes, Bouira, Bordj Bou Arreridj and Tizi Ouzou.

A special meteorological bulletin also warned of heavy rain falling in amounts ranging between 30 and 40 mm, and may exceed 50 mm locally until three in the morning on Thursday. The concerned states relate to Tipaza, Algiers, Ain Defla, Blida and Medea, while a fourth special bulletin warned. Meteorological reports indicate heavy rain falling in amounts ranging between 30 and 50 mm and may exceed 60 mm locally until nine o’clock on Friday night, and the concerned states relate to Skikda, Annaba, El Tarf, Constantine, Guelma, Souk Ahras, Oum El Bouaghi, Batna, Khenchela and Tebessa. .

On the other hand, on Wednesday morning, National Road No. 5, in its part linking the states of Bouira and Boumerdes via the Lakhdaria-Amal port, witnessed fluctuations in traffic after recording the fall of rocks and stones, and the falling rain caused the rocks to be dislodged from their places, causing them to fall into a dangerous situation for drivers and visitors of the national road. No. 5. Various agencies, such as the Directorate of Public Works and Civil Protection, intervened in order to reopen the road to traffic.

The maintenance teams of the Public Works Directorate of Bouira State also intervened, on Wednesday, to remove the accumulated snow on the state roads No. 14 and 25, the national road No. 30 in Mishdala, and the national road No. 33 in Tikjda. The maintenance teams of the same departments, Sur El Ghizlane branch, also recorded interventions supported by a snow plow to remove the accumulated snow. On the road network, industrial salt spreading on National Roads No. 8 and 8B, with snow removal and industrial salt spreading on National Road No. 62 and State Road No. 12.