Semalka border crossing closed due to snow

Heavy snowfall in the city of Derik and its environs disrupted the Semalka border crossing, while municipal machinery worked to open roads.

Semalka border crossing closed due to snow
10 February, 2020   11:31
Qamishlo

Snow has not fallen in Derik city related to Qamishlo canton in al-Jazira region since 2015, but since last night and until now the city and its countryside, especially the villages of Beraf and the Semalka Crossing, have seen snowfall.

Traffic stopped within the city, while most shops did not open, and the snow height exceeded more than 20 cm.

The municipal people's workshops and mechanisms rushed to work to open roads.

Schools were closed due to snow, according to the decision issued by the Education Authority in al-Jazira region, and traffic in the main garage was stopped.

On the other hand, the crossing traffic stopped at the Semalka crossing, as the snow thickness there reached more than 40 cm, according to the director of the Foreign Relations Department at the Simalka Baz Ahmed Crossing to our agency.

Baz Ahmed continued: The heavy machinery is cleaning the road to and from the Semalka crossing.

 

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