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Bad weather brought accidents and destruction to St. Petersburg. As reported in Smolny, gardens and squares are closed.
Eyewitnesses shared footage on social media. So, on Tikhoretsky Prospekt, a tree branch broke, which fell on the passage and hooked on an electric wire. On the Road of Life on the way to St. Petersburg, a car overturned due to an oncoming car that flew into the oncoming lane.
“The driver and passenger, without a scratch, called the traffic police, they are waiting,” eyewitnesses wrote in the “Accident and Emergency” group.
The regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said that on February 18, wind gusts could increase to 20 m/s. The roads are icy. Possible rise in the water level in the Neva.
The Tauride Garden, San Galli Garden, Ekaterininsky Square, Galina Starovoitova Square and other green areas have been closed.
According to forecaster Mikhail Leus, bad weather in St. Petersburg is determined by the cyclonic whirlwind “Ilenia”. Sleet and snow are expected in the city. The air temperature will be from minus one to plus one degrees.
Source: Rosbalt
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