Trans-Caucasian road again closed for traffic
09:32, 25 January 2010
VLADIKAVKAZ. January 24. KAZINFORM Traffic on the Trans-Caucasian road connecting Russia to the South Caucasus stopped again at 9:00 p.m. Moscow time on Sunday because of heavy snowfalls, a source at the North Ossetia Emergency Situations Ministry informed, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
"Weather changed abruptly about an hour ago, and a heavy snowfall started. The road connecting South Ossetia to Russia was closed until further notice," the ministry's Yulia Starchenko told Itar-Tass.
The traffic resumed at 11:30 a.m. Moscow time on Sunday, after heavy snowfalls isolated South Ossetia from Russia on January 23 night. "The snowfall eased in the morning, and the road was cleared of snow," Starchenko said earlier in the day, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.