Ice is forming again in Bohemia and Moravia, some bus routes in the vicinity of Prague have not run — ČT24 — Czech Television
They expanded the meteorological morning warning on the glacier in almost the entire territory of the Czech Republic, in western Bohemia the glacier will be higher with a higher degree of danger.
Operation of suburban buses around Prague is again significantly limited due to the glacier, it affects dozens of lines. Some trains didn’t leave at all in the morning, others don’t go to all places. Prague Integrated Transport (PID) informs about this on Twitter. The ice warning is in effect for Prague and most of central Bohemia until Wednesday 1:00 p.m.
“The West reports the biggest problems, especially Slánsko,” PID said. There are also more problems in Rakovnick. All restrictions are updated by PID on its website. There was a similar situation around the capital on Tuesday as well.
Road in Central Bohemia are bare and wet Wednesday morning, passable with extra care. Ledovka, for example, is in Kladno, said an employee of the regional administration and road maintenance dispatch. Drivers should be careful. Cars got stuck, for example, near the village of Mšeno in Mělnick. According to the police, the accidents are rather minor without serious consequences.
“There is ice in places, we deployed 123 spreaders at night, everything is chemically maintained, the roads should be passable, of course with increased caution, the most ice is in Kladensko,” said the dispatcher. According to the server dopravniinfo.cz, it is raining in Mělnick, drizzling in Berounsk, Benešovsk and Rakovnick.
Road in Liberec region they are passable with care. Due to icy roads, buses on two intercity lines in Českolipsk did not go to some stops, the section between Duba and Dřevčice and also between Blíževedly and Kozly was impassable for them.
Roadways in the region, after chemical treatment, they are mostly wet or damp, but during showers, freezing rain falls on them in places. Ice or remnants of an icy layer are on roads of the third class in the Lužické hory in Českolipsk, an icy layer covered with sprinkles is on the roads of lower classes in the Jizerské hory and part of the Krkonoše mountains in Semilsko. Visibility reduced and foggy in places.
Also the road on Highlands they are passable only with increased caution. The main roads are only wet, sometimes with remnants of snow, which also lies on the roads of lower classes. Drivability is impaired by freezing rain and fog. Branches can bend and break due to frost.
Rain showers passed over the region, the water began to freeze on the hypothermic surface. About a hundred spreaders went out into the field. They also freeze trees that break and fall on the road. Firefighters have been removing them in about ten places since Tuesday evening.
i in Karlovy Vary region ice has been forming on the roads and sidewalks for the third day. Tiny drizzle on a cold surface freezes to form a continuous layer of ice. Road officials are treating the roads with salt, but they still warn of a possible slippery road. In the morning, the ice also caused several accidents, according to information from road officials.
The main routes are only wet or with remnants of snow, they are passable with increased caution. Ice forms on roads mainly on less frequented roads or where inert sprinklers are used.
Because of the glacier, accidents happened in the morning in Chodov in Husova Street or in Sokolovská Tovární Street. The bus accident also blocked Nádražní Street in Aš, a car also ended up in a ditch near Libá in Chebsk.
Drifts and snow tongues
On the roads in the Vsetín region in the morning, snow mush remained in places, and ice also formed locally on them. They are passable with increased caution. It is also in place on other roads in Zlínský regions that are mostly bare and moist after chemical treatment.
Roads that are sprinkled with crushed stone by road workers are often covered by a layer of drifted snow, drifts and tongues of snow form on them in places in Vsetínsk.
In the Ústí Region, they have received almost 1,300 calls to the emergency line since Monday
Iceberg is again iv Ústí Region, Police officers have been dealing with traffic accidents since morning. Several sections of the road are impassable, even the sidewalks are slippery. The road workers have all the equipment in the field again. They chemically treated communications.
In the region, for example, it is snowing on the D8 highway in Ústěk or on the I/7 road in Chomutovsk, elsewhere it is raining and a continuous layer of ice forms on the frozen roads. A spreader crashed near Peruca in Lounsk. Ledovka is near the village of Mnetěš in Litoměřick, where the approximately one-kilometer stretch is passable only with difficulty.
The roads from Hřensk to Jetřichovice and from Hřensk to Janov na Děčínsk remain closed. The road is impassable due to ice, for example, in Komenského Street in Roudnice nad Labem, the slippery road is near Hady Lázní and in Pražská Street in Teplice.
The medical operations center of the regional rescue service received almost 1,300 calls to the emergency line since Monday, when the problems due to the weather began in the region. The glacier overemploys rescue workers across the region. They therefore appeal to residents to leave their homes only in essential situations.
Drivers must also be careful Hradec Králové in Jičín. There is a threat of snow in Rychnovska. In the morning, the unsalted roads of the lower grades were covered with drifted and in some places icy snow. In the morning, the road workers intervened the most in Jičín, Hradec and Rychnovsk.
Also in some places of the roads in Pardubice region an iceberg forms. There is also snow on the roads in the higher areas. All roads are passable with caution, according to road officials.
Drivers should watch out for glaciers in the vicinity of Moravská Třebová, Pardubice or Ústí nad Orlicí. Snow can be encountered in the area of Lanškroun, Vysoké Mýt, Žamberk and on the Červenovodské sedlo, around Polička and in the Železny Mountains.
AGAINST Moravian-Silesian Region the snow still complicates driving, especially in Bruntálsk, where some sections of roads are still impassable. Road officials warn of the formation of snow tongues and drivers should be careful. In the Opava region, you can expect an icy layer of snow on the roads of the lower classes, and in some places the remains of slush.
In the higher elevations of the Beskydy Mountains, there is also a layer of drifted snow, in some places there are rutted tracks. In other parts of the region, the problems are not so big, the roads there are mostly bare and damp or wet.