Abnormal heat can cause melting of rails on railway tracks in four federal districts, according to the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies (VNII GOChS) of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
We are talking about the southern regions of the Ural Federal District, as well as in Bashkiria, Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Orenburg and Astrakhan regions.
The institute warned that in these regions “there are risks of incidents and accidents associated with the shutdown of refrigeration units, air conditioning systems, electricity as a result of overheating of transformer substations, as well as deformation of the railway track.”
To date, abnormal heat has been recorded in the Urals. On July 11, for the first time in Yekaterinburg, it was 40 degrees of heat – a record figure for 190 years of observations. The day before, the air in the city warmed up to 38.3 degrees.
Abnormal heat was also recorded in the Omsk region. The maximum air temperature was +35 degrees. The authorities have declared a state of emergency.
Source: Rosbalt
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