New snow emergency announced in Algeria

The emergency situation caused by snow in Algeria, where a number of towns remain cut off as a result of conditions in the last few days, is continuing. An urgent bulletin by the national weather office has released the latest alarm for the next 48 hours, during which snow will again fall, even in low quantity, in huge swathes of the country.

The provinces concerned by the alarm are in the centre and east of the country and include Algiers, Blida Médéa, Boumerdès, Bouira, Tizi Ouzou, Béjaia, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Sétif, Jijel, Skikda, Constantine, Mila, Guelma, Souk Ahras e Oum El Bouaghi.

Meanwhile, there is continuing disruption for the country’s population, which has staged protests, often with the occupation of streets, urging the government to send in rescue teams.