Siberian cold in Balkans freezes sea

The lowest temperature this morning in Croatia has been measured in Zavidzhan, minus 21 degrees Celsius, while in Gorski Kotar, snow has dropped three metres, Croatian media reported.

Doctors advise Croatians on how to survive these cold days, including what food is best consumed.

As MIA announced in advance, under the influence of Siberian cold from birth it is expanding toward the Balkan Peninsula, the entire region is involved in low temperatures and snowfall, which have even fallen on parts of the Adriatic coast.

According to the Montenegrin hydrometerological Ent, more snow in Montenegro has fallen to Zabalak, where snow covers have been formed from 97cm, while snow is available in Podgorica, Cetinje, Kolsin, Shavnik, Rozhaje, Andrijavica, Bijelo Pole and Plevla.

Snowfall has also taken place at the Montenegrin port of Tivar.

The directorate for emergency situations near the Montenegrin Ministry of Internal Affairs called on all institutions to increase the degree of readiness ahead of the cold wave momentum.

Much of Bosnia is also covered in snow, while in Belarus the height has reached 183cm.

The lowest temperature in this region has been measured even minus 16 degrees Celsius, at HanPak minus 11, in Tuzla minus six, Banjaluk and Sarajevo minus five, while in Mostar a degree above zero.

Snow from yesterday is falling all over Serbia, where temperatures below zero have also been measured.