Alexa storm tapers off after blocking several roads

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14-12-2013 | 03:02
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Alexa storm tapers off after blocking several roads

Alexa storm tapered off on Saturday after several roads were blocked due to snow accumulations.        

The storm intensified on Friday night until Saturday at 9 am with snow falling in Mount Lebanon at an altitude of 700 meters, in the North at 600 meters and in the South at 500 meters.         

This as the head of Kfardebian municipality Jean Akiki told LBCI that ski resorts will be open as of next Wednesday.        

In this regard, the meteorological department of the Civil Aviation Authority expected that Sunday’s weather will be sunny to little cloudy with a rise in temperatures.

 

Roads:

As for the road conditions, the Directorate General of Internal Security Forces - Public Relations Division reported on Saturday that the Dahr el-Baydar road is passable for 4x4 and equipped vehicles.

The roads in Hammana are all passable for equipped vehicles, except the roads of Kfarselwan, Tarshish, and Falougha.         

The Ouyoun al-Siman-Hadath Baalbek road is blocked due to heavy snowfall; however, all other roads in Ouyoun al-Siman are passable for equipped vehicles.                        

The ISF-Public Relations Division added that the roads of Maaser al-Chouf-Kefraya, Nabaa’ al-Safa, Ein Zhalta, Barouk, Batloun, Ein W Zein, Kfarnabrakh, Jbaa, and Niha are all blocked due to the accumulation of snow.       

The roads of Zahle-Dhour Choueir, Mashghara-Ein el-Tineh, and Yanta-Deir el-Ashaer are blocked due to the accumulation of snow.   

The ISF report added that the roads of Aynata-Arz-Hadath Baalbek-Afqa-Ouyoun al-Siman-Hermel-Qbayat-Sir el-Dinniyeh are also blocked.          

As for Ehden, the report noted that all roads are passable for equipped cars.

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