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More than 50 flights canceled and postponed at Moscow airports due to a snowstorm

2021-02-13T15:13:16.598Z


Moscow-SANA The Russian authorities announced today the cancellation of three flights and the postponement of more than 50 other flights at AD Airports


Moscow-Sana

The Russian authorities announced today the cancellation of three flights and the postponement of more than 50 other flights at Moscow airports due to the strong snowstorm in the city since yesterday, with temperatures dropping to about 20 degrees Celsius below zero.

 TASS reported that two flights were canceled and 36 others were postponed at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow. A third flight was also canceled at “Zukovsky” airport, and another 21 flights were postponed at “Sheremetyov” airport.

In addition, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Pyotr Pirokov announced that snow cover exceeded one meter in some places in the city, and the situation is getting more complicated due to the speed of winds, which reach 20 meters per second, stressing that all life systems work normally, including central heating systems and the supply of domestic gas and water. Hot and cold.

In the suburbs of Moscow, since yesterday, 65 percent of the monthly average of precipitation fell in the winter season, and this is a record since 1973, while military engineering units are assisting the municipal authorities in cleaning the main roads and social infrastructure projects from snow, while the Russian Meteorological Service expected the storm to continue Snowy until this evening and ends in full tomorrow.

The Moscow Meteorological Office announced earlier that snowfall had broken the daily record for nearly half a century.

Source: sena

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