Severe frost in Eastern Kazakhstan for the third day

Ust-Kamenogorsk, January 10, 2009, Khabar - On Saturday morning the air temperature decreased to 40 degrees below zero. Emergencies services transferred to the clock alert. On January 9, the rescuers saved a bus with 20 passengers from snowy captivity on the route Almaty - Ust-Kamenogorsk. People were evacuated to the village Kalbatau and placed in the building of fire station. And two automobiles got into snow drift in the district Bukhtarma reservoir. 8 passengers, including children were taken to local rest homes. These days, all services operate in emergency regime. Snow removal vehicles work on roads, heating stations are ready for abnormal situations. The heads of peasant farms do what they can to help. If necessary, they provide with tractors. Trafficking in all directions is closed Eastern Kazakhstan.