TIRANA, January 22 /ATA/ The weather will get worse over the next few days, while the National Civil Protection Agency said today that there will be snowfall in the norther regions of Kukës, Shkodra, Dibra, Korça and Gjirokastra.
Brisilda Sina, in charge of the National Operational Center for Civil Emergencies, at the National Civil Protection Agency, called on citizens to avoid moving for tourism reasons in mountainous areas.
According to her, the minimum temperatures will reach -3 degrees and the weather is expected to improve after January 24.
“The levels of the rivers are still below the critical level, not posing a risk of flooding in most of them,” said Sina.
Also, she said that water discharges from the Drin cascade today are 300 m3/s.
Meanwhile, all pumping stations are functioning at full capacity and do not pose a problem for flooding.
In terms of energy supply, Sina said that there are problems only in some rural areas of Elbasan, Berat, Kukës and Shkodra.
Electricity company teams, she said, are working on the ground to restore electricity on time. On the other hand, the supply of drinking water continues normally throughout the country.
Sina said that in Shkodra region the flooded area is 1220 ha, where 1200 ha are in the Ana e Mali administrative unit and 20 ha in the Dajç administrative unit.
To deal with the situation, 50 military forces with 7 vehicles of high mobility and other vehicles have been engaged so far at the central level.
“Humanitarian support has been provided with 700 food packages, 900 blankets and 10 umbrellas for all the municipalities of Dibra region”, said Sina. /gj.m/p.s./
