Milovan Kovacevic

Snow leaves 1000 homes in western Serbia without electricity

Illustration -(Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)

More than 1,000 homes in Ljubovija are without electricity on Friday after more than 500 utility poles in the area collapsed under snow.

The mayor of this municipality in western Serbia, Milovan Kovacevic, told Tanjug that Ljubovija was in urgent need of assistance, and expected to receive it from the towns of Valjevo and Loznica.