Cars blown off roads in N Kazakhstan

Unsteady weather sets the tone in North Kazakhstan. Rains, high winds and slippery roads are in store for the region, Kazinform News Agency reports.

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Photot credit: Mukhtor Kholdorbekov/ Kazinform

Snowstorms blew the vehicles off the roads. Authorities were forced to close slick highways across the region. No casualties were reported. 

The emergency situations department issued a weather warning for December 27. The greater part of the region will brace for snowfalls, snowstorms, and ice-slick. High wind gusting 15-20 m/s, 23-28 m/s will sweep through most of the region at night and 30 m/s and more in the west and south of the region.

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