{"id":1330923,"date":"2025-12-10T08:31:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/unexpected-winter-heavy-snowfalls-hit-several-regions-at-once\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:31:37","slug":"unexpected-winter-heavy-snowfalls-hit-several-regions-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/unexpected-winter-heavy-snowfalls-hit-several-regions-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected winter: heavy snowfalls hit several regions at once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Several regions of Ukraine are experiencing heavy snowfall today. Kharkiv, Poltava, and Zaporizhia were covered in a dense layer of snow in a short time, which is already affecting the situation on the roads.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Traffic in Kharkiv has slowed down due to snowfall. Municipal services are working in an intensified mode, and snow removal equipment has been deployed on the streets.<\/p>\n<p> Visibility has deteriorated in Poltava and the road surface is slippery. Drivers are reporting difficulties on certain sections of city and suburban roads. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-53-58-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1330914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-53-58-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-53-58-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-53-58-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-53-58-475x650.jpg 475w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-53-58.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> In Zaporizhia, snow is accompanied by gusts of wind in some places. Ice is forming on overpasses and bridges, so patrol police are urging drivers to be careful and keep their distance. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-54-00-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1330917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-54-00-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-54-00-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-54-00-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-54-00-510x650.jpg 510w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo_2025-12-10_07-54-00.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Forecasters warn that snowfall in these areas may persist and, in some places, intensify in the coming hours.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several regions of Ukraine are experiencing heavy snowfall today. Kharkiv, Poltava, and Zaporizhia were covered in a dense layer of snow in a short time, which is already affecting the situation on the roads. Traffic in Kharkiv has slowed down due to snowfall. Municipal services are working in an intensified mode, and snow removal equipment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1330911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873],"class_list":["post-1330923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1330923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1330923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1330923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}