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Some councils in England have been running out of road salt, with the Highways Agency saying supplies were "very limited".
BBC: Temperatures set to drop further
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It follows the exceptionally harsh conditions experienced in the past two winters, when stocks of road salt were stretched to the limit.
BBC: Snow on roads in the Eden Valley
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Many are desperate to re-stock their road salt but supply chain pressures from mine to highway depot looks like resulting in some areas running dry.
BBC: Death-trap fear as salt runs low
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Dialing up the torture, they'll soon move those tests to a "shaker table, " where they will subject the batteries to jarring vibrations, extreme temperatures and corrosive road salt, to name just a few hazards.
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In Wichita, Pajor said the city used half of its road-clearing salt and sand in last week's storm.
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Supplies of road grit and salt are running low, according to many councils, with only major roads being treated in several places.
BBC: Schools closed and travellers hit as snow continues
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Add bit of rock salt and slush from the road, he says, and it turns into a bad margarita.
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In Tajikistan, on the southern fringes of the ex-Soviet Union, 250 shift-workers are slowly bulldozing a 32-kilometre (20-mile) road from Murgab in the Pamir mountains, eastwards across the rock, salt and sand wilderness of no-man's land, towards China.
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