The squally wind raging in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region disrupted the power supply to a number of settlements. According to the press service of the regional government, dozens of addresses were left without electricity, including interruptions in Zelenogorsk, Solnechny and Repino.
Also in the Kurortny district, the lights on the Zelenogorskoye and Primorskoye highways went out. The lighting of the Western High-Speed Diameter is operating as normal, adds Business Petersburg.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, power supply was completely restored in the Leningrad region.
Forecasters previously predicted that winds of up to 23 meters per second would rage in the city and region, as well as rain and sleet. The night from October 7 to 8 became the coldest in St. Petersburg – the minimum air temperature was +0.7 degrees.
Settlements in eight more regions of the Russian Federation also suffered from the rampant disaster, reports the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. Power supply was disrupted in the Pskov, Novgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula, Bryansk and Moscow regions.
The wind speed in the regions reached 20 m/s, more than 200 trees fell, loose structures and about 30 cars were damaged, the department specified. It is noted that in the Tula region one person was injured as a result of bad weather.
Emergency Situations Ministry employees continue to work to eliminate the consequences.
Source: Rosbalt
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