Roads to hundreds of villages and rural areas were closed in provinces across Turkey's east on Friday (January 2) due to heavy snowfall in the region in recent days.

State-owned Anadolu news agency said 625 village roads were closed in Van province, 368 in Mus, 298 in Tunceli and 49 in Siirt, along with hundreds of others in nearby provinces.

Videos showed snow-clearing vehicles and other city personnel making efforts to clear the snow on the village roads as well as town centres.

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1. VARIOUS OF MACHINERY CLEARING VILLAGE ROADS
2. DRONE VIDEO OF SNOW CLEARING VEHICLE COMING DOWNHILL (MUTE)
3. VARIOUS OF ROAD CLEARING EFFORTS
4. TUNCELI, TURKEY (JANUARY 2, 2025) (TUNCELI GOVERNOR'S OFFICE - Access All) (MUTE)
5. VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF TUNCELI PROVINCE CITY CENTRE AND SURROUNDINGS COVERED IN SNOW
6. MUS, TURKEY (JANUARY 2, 2025) (REUTERS - Access All)
7. VARIOUS DRONE VIDEO OF MUS PROVINCE CITY CENTRE COVERED IN SNOW (MUTE)
8. VARIOUS OF SNOW CLEARING EFFORTS IN MUS
9. VAN, TURKEY (JANUARY 2, 2025) (REUTERS - Access All)
10. VARIOUS DRONE VIDEO OF SNOW CLEARING VEHICLE ON SNOWY VILLAGE ROADS (MUTE)
11. SNOW CLEARING EFFORTS ONGOING ON VILLAGE ROAD
12. VARIOUS OF SNOW CLEARING EFFORTS IN VAN CITY CENTRE (NIGHT SHOTS)
13. VARIOUS OF MUNICIPALITY TEAMS SHOVELLING SNOW ON SIDEWALKS (NIGHT SHOTS)