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02-07-2014, 06:30 PM
Slovenia buried under FOUR INCHES of black ice as freak blizzard leaves 100,000 people without power and does €66million damage
Ice storm has caused €66million damage to Slovenian infrastructure
35,000 households left without electricity as pylons buckle in the freeze
500,000 hectares of forest are thought to have been severely damaged
Towns and villages cut off as roads and train lines become impassable
By TOM GARDNER
PUBLISHED: 17:20 GMT, 7 February 2014 | UPDATED: 18:56 GMT, 7 February 2014
Swathes of Slovenia have been entombed in a four-inch thick layer of ice after Eastern Europe was hit by a freak blizzard.
Pylons buckled under the extraordinary weather conditions, leaving more than 35,000 households - up to 100,000 people - without power.
The damage is expected to reach €66million. But authorities are not yet able to reach more remote parts of the country which have been cut off as the transport network failed.
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Frozen: A traffic island and road signs are buried beneath four inches of ice after an historic blizzard hit eastern Europe
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Blackout: Towns and villages across Slovenia suffered power cuts as the electric grid began to collapse in the face of the historic blizzard
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438D1700000578-116_634x416.jpg
Deep freeze: Trees are snapped like matchsticks under the weight of ice which have covered much of Slovenia
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438E0B00000578-345_634x405.jpg
Subzero: Freak weather conditions meant rain turned almost instantly to ice as soon as it landed - encasing swathes of the Slovenian landscape in frost
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438BCF00000578-190_634x444.jpg
Cold snap: The freezing weather brought transport links to a halt as ice made travelling treacherous
'Railways were badly damaged too and it will take several weeks before they are all fully operational again.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438E2300000578-286_306x532.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2553989/Slovenia-buried-FOUR-INCHES-black-ice-freak-blizzard-leaves-100-000-without-power-does-66million-damage.html#ixzz2sfMEqfbU
Ice storm has caused €66million damage to Slovenian infrastructure
35,000 households left without electricity as pylons buckle in the freeze
500,000 hectares of forest are thought to have been severely damaged
Towns and villages cut off as roads and train lines become impassable
By TOM GARDNER
PUBLISHED: 17:20 GMT, 7 February 2014 | UPDATED: 18:56 GMT, 7 February 2014
Swathes of Slovenia have been entombed in a four-inch thick layer of ice after Eastern Europe was hit by a freak blizzard.
Pylons buckled under the extraordinary weather conditions, leaving more than 35,000 households - up to 100,000 people - without power.
The damage is expected to reach €66million. But authorities are not yet able to reach more remote parts of the country which have been cut off as the transport network failed.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B43908800000578-366_634x432.jpg
Frozen: A traffic island and road signs are buried beneath four inches of ice after an historic blizzard hit eastern Europe
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438F8300000578-717_634x413.jpg
Blackout: Towns and villages across Slovenia suffered power cuts as the electric grid began to collapse in the face of the historic blizzard
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438D1700000578-116_634x416.jpg
Deep freeze: Trees are snapped like matchsticks under the weight of ice which have covered much of Slovenia
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438E0B00000578-345_634x405.jpg
Subzero: Freak weather conditions meant rain turned almost instantly to ice as soon as it landed - encasing swathes of the Slovenian landscape in frost
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438BCF00000578-190_634x444.jpg
Cold snap: The freezing weather brought transport links to a halt as ice made travelling treacherous
'Railways were badly damaged too and it will take several weeks before they are all fully operational again.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553989-1B438E2300000578-286_306x532.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2553989/Slovenia-buried-FOUR-INCHES-black-ice-freak-blizzard-leaves-100-000-without-power-does-66million-damage.html#ixzz2sfMEqfbU