Snowstorms and earthquakes are strong in some European countries

Romania's National Meteorological Agency (NMA) on January 26 issued a red alert for a major blizzard in the southern southern city of Buzau and some provinces, eastern cities like Braila and Vrancea of ​​the country. .

NMA director Ion Sandu said this was the first time all the elements that had occurred during the blizzard had caused the agency to issue a red alert. The storm brought a large amount of snow with strong winds.

The Romanian government issued red alert in areas affected by snowstorms.(Photo: romania-insider.com)

According to the warning, from 3:00 am to 9:00 pm (local time) in the city of Buzau, the southern region of Vrancea and the northern half of Braila with heavy snowfall, wind gusts of 70-80km / h and vision almost equal to is not.

Meanwhile, in other cities and Bucharest, NMA has also issued a yellow warning. The bad weather has potential dangers that have forced the Romanian Ministry of Education to let many schools drop out of school.

On the same day, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck on Cephalonia island in the Ionian Sea of ​​Greece. The Athens Observatory said that the earthquake that occurred at 15:55 (local time) was very strong.

The epicenter of the earthquake is 6km from the town of Argostoli of Cephalonia island, about 280km west of Athens.

There have been no reports of casualties, but some traffic routes have been damaged and damaged, the windows of many buildings and their goods have been broken.

Greece is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in Europe. Previously, earthquakes that had happened many times in Cephalonia island, as the big earthquake in August 1953 destroyed nearly all houses on the island.