Major road reopens after huge landslide

A huge landslide on the M-22 - known as Ibarska highway - shut down traffic last night piling up 20 meters of earth and rock onto the road. Emergency services have opened the road to traffic again on Tuesday afternoon, warning drivers to pay attention to road signs put up near the landslide location. Major road reopens after huge landslide Earlier today, the Automobile-Motorcycle Association of Serbia (AMSS) announced that traffic was closed on a 50-meter stretch near a spot known as Vujica Cesma. Drivers were advised to take the alternative route: Kraljevo-Vrnjacka Banja, via Goc to Josanicka Banja, and further towards Raska and Novi Pazar. The landslide occurred some 30 kilometers south of Kraljevo, which was last week hit by a 5.4 Richter scale earthquake. Late last night one in a series of aftershocks measuring 3.1 degrees occurred 10 kilometers south of Kraljevo, but Seismology Institute officials said the tremor was not responsible for the huge landslide, "unless the area was prone to landslides". (Tanjug)

Major road reopens after huge landslide

Earlier today, the Automobile-Motorcycle Association of Serbia (AMSS) announced that traffic was closed on a 50-meter stretch near a spot known as Vujića Česma.

Drivers were advised to take the alternative route: Kraljevo-Vrnjačka Banja, via Goč to Jošanička Banja, and further towards Raška and Novi Pazar.

The landslide occurred some 30 kilometers south of Kraljevo, which was last week hit by a 5.4 Richter scale earthquake.

Late last night one in a series of aftershocks measuring 3.1 degrees occurred 10 kilometers south of Kraljevo, but Seismology Institute officials said the tremor was not responsible for the huge landslide, "unless the area was prone to landslides".