The Marmara area has been hit by a southwester on Tuesday morning, leading to cancellations of many ferry providers for the subsequent two days.
The Disaster Coordination Center (AKOM) warned towards falling timber, flying roofs, signboards, flue fuel poisoning and disruptions in maritime transportation which will happen within the southwestern area, which is able to proceed to be efficient for the subsequent two days.
The assertion issued by AKOM acknowledged: “The Marmara region has been under the influence of south-westerly winds (southwester) since this morning. It is expected that the ‘Lodos’ will be under the influence of a storm in Istanbul from 9 a.m. in the morning and will continue its effect until midnight tomorrow. It is speculated that the storm may accelerate to speeds of 80 kph (49.71 mph) in places such as Eyüp, Arnavutköy, Büyükçekmece, Silivri and Çatalca districts. The southwester will continue to disrupt lives for the next two days. Care and caution must be exercised owing to disruptions in transportation.”
Gökçeada
Scheduled ferry providers in Çanakkale’s Bozcaada and Gökçeada districts within the North Aegean Sea have been canceled for Wednesday as a result of storm. Gestas Marine Transport, which ferries passengers and automobiles on the Dardanelles and islands route, introduced that the scheduled ferry providers on Jan. 18 on Gökçeada and Bozcaada routes had been canceled owing to the storm within the North Aegean Sea. As of Tuesday, ferry providers had been operational from Kabatepe to Gökçeada at 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. within the morning, and from Gökçeada to Kabatepe at 6 a.m. within the morning.
BUDO
Due to the unfavorable climate circumstances, the Marmara Region of the General Directorate of Meteorology (BUDO) introduced that some ferry providers for Tuesday have been canceled.
The canceled BUDO ferry providers are as follows: Bursa (Mudanya) – Istanbul (Eminönü/Sirkeci) at 7 a.m, Istanbul (Eminönü/Sirkeci) – Bursa (Mudanya) at 8:30 a.m., Bursa (Mudanya) – Istanbul at 9:30 a.m. (Eminönü/Sirkeci), Bursa (Mudanya) – Armutlu (Ihlas) at 9:30 a.m., Armutlu (Ihlas) – Istanbul (Eminönü/Sirkeci) at 10 a.m. and Istanbul (Eminönü/Sirkeci) – Bursa (Mudanya) at 10:30 a.m.
