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Motorists to use extreme caution | Motorists to use extreme caution |
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Motorists should slow down and switch on fog lights as fog and icy conditions affect many roads, police have said. | Motorists should slow down and switch on fog lights as fog and icy conditions affect many roads, police have said. |
The motorways are said to be extremely foggy, and drivers should exercise "extreme caution". | The motorways are said to be extremely foggy, and drivers should exercise "extreme caution". |
The weather is continuing to affect flights. At Belfast International Airport the 0905 arrival from Edinburgh was cancelled. | |
At Belfast City Airport and City of Derry flights are running with slights delays. | At Belfast City Airport and City of Derry flights are running with slights delays. |
The conditions have made driving difficult. | |
On Thursday, Sinn Fein MLA Barry McElduff said his constituents have been trying to contact the Roads Service because they have been left stranded in rural areas. | |
He said that calls to "the out-of-hours number were going unanswered". | |
Stephen Smith, from the Roads Service, said he would investigate why the number did not appear to be working. | |
He said it had been so cold that salting had had a limited effect. | |
"We have carried out secondary gritting on quite a number of the smaller routes over the last number of days. | |
"But, there isn't enough traffic on rural roads to break up the frozen snow following the gritting action," he said. | |
Overnight frost is expected to persists across much of Northern Ireland on Thursday with temperatures unlikely to rise above 2 degrees Celsius. | |
People reported temperatures of minus 11 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night. | People reported temperatures of minus 11 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night. |
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