09.11.2026 10:04
In Van, due to the snowfall and adverse weather conditions that were effective in the evening hours yesterday, the roads to 97 settlements were closed to transportation. Van Metropolitan Municipality teams launched a snow-fighting effort with 1,032 personnel and 450 work machines. In Bitlis, 8 people, 3 of them children, who were stranded on the Ahlat-Malazgirt highway, were rescued by gendarmerie and Highways teams.
The downpour that has continued intermittently in Van for two days has given way to snow. With the snowfall rapidly increasing its effect, the city center was covered in white.
ROADS TO 97 SETTLEMENTS CLOSED
According to a statement from the Van Metropolitan Municipality, roads to 97 settlements across the city were closed to transportation. Municipal teams launched snow-fighting efforts on the closed roads and in the city center.
WORK WITH 1,032 PERSONNEL AND 450 WORK MACHINES
Teams that sprang into action with the snowfall carried out snow plowing and salting work on streets and avenues, especially the main arteries. In the efforts carried out across the city with 1,032 personnel and 450 work machines, the aim is to reopen the roads in a short time.
THOSE STRANDED ON THE AHLAT-MALAZGİRT HIGHWAY WERE RESCUED
Adverse weather conditions were also effective in Bitlis. Eight people stranded on the Ahlat-Malazgirt highway were rescued by gendarmerie and highways teams.
In a statement from the Ahlat District Governorship, it was stated that upon receiving information that people were stranded on the highway, public order teams of the Ahlat Central Gendarmerie Station Command and teams of the 11th Regional Directorate of Highways launched an operation.
3 CHILDREN SAFELY TRANSPORTED TO THE DISTRICT CENTER
The statement reported that 5 adults and 3 children in 3 stranded vehicles were transported safely and healthily to the district center. It was emphasized that efforts to protect the life and property safety of citizens would continue.