Fresh Rain Hampering Clean Up, New Areas Affected

Ljubljana, 5 February - A new shipment of freezing rain in the night to Wednesday has worsened the ice storm which has gripped Slovenia and caused additional areas of the country to be affected, according to first reports from relief teams.

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
The consequences of the ice storm in Ljubno ob Savinji, in the upper Savinja valley.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (second from left) and Defence Minister Roman Jakič (left) visit Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (second from left) and Defence Minister Roman Jakič (left) visit Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (second from left) and Defence Minister Roman Jakič (left) visit Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (second from left) and Defence Minister Roman Jakič (left) visit Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to reporters during a visit to Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek speaks to reporters during a visit to Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (right) visits Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (right) visits Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (right) visits Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubno ob Savinji
Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (right) visits Ljubno od Savinji, one of the areas hit hardest by the ice storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Pivka Freezing rain has entombed many parts of Slovenia in recent days, bringing life to a virtual stand-still. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Pivka
Freezing rain has entombed many parts of Slovenia in recent days, bringing life to a virtual stand-still.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Pivka The transmission grid in Slovenia has been severely affected by the ice storm. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Pivka
The transmission grid in Slovenia has been severely affected by the ice storm.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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