Fresh Rain Hampering Clean Up, New Areas Affected

Ljubljana, 5 February - A new shipment of freezing rain has worsened the ice storm which has gripped Slovenia and caused additional areas of the country to be affected. Moreover, the weather is not expected to improve any time soon.

Pivka.
Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je obiskal Pivko, kjer si je ogledal škodo po ledeni ujmi in se seznanil z razmerami na terenu.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Firefighters clear wood debris in Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, which is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Firefighters clear wood debris in Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, which is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Firefighters clear wood debris in Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, which is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Firefighters clear wood debris in Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, which is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Firefighters clear wood debris in Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, which is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka.
Gasilci odpravljajo posledice ledene ujme.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the sixth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
President Borut Pahor visits Pivka to see relief work in what is one of the areas hit the worst by the ice storm.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
President Borut Pahor visits Pivka to see relief work in what is one of the areas hit the worst by the ice storm.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
President Borut Pahor visits Pivka to see relief work in what is one of the areas hit the worst by the ice storm.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka.
Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je obiskal Pivko, kjer si je ogledal škodo po ledeni ujmi in se seznanil z razmerami na terenu.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
President Borut Pahor (left) visits Pivka to see relief work in what is one of the areas hit the worst by the ice storm.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
President Borut Pahor (left) visits Pivka to see relief work in what is one of the areas hit the worst by the ice storm.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Pivka
President Borut Pahor (right) visits Pivka to see relief work in what is one of the areas hit the worst by the ice storm.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/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 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

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

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