In St. Petersburg because of the threat of flooding closed the dam – Russian newspaper

In St. Petersburg because of the threat of flooding closed the dam – Russian newspaper

In St. Petersburg because of the threat of flooding closed cross-sections of protective structures. Meteorologists institutions and experts do not rule out that the city faces a storm.

According to the forecast by the Hydrometeorological Center of St. Petersburg, today in the eastern Gulf of Finland, the wind increased to 28 meters per second. Information about the water level in the Neva delta and spread in the main emergency department in St. Petersburg.

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Rescuers asked citizens to take precautions: do not leave without the need for cars, not to stand under the billboards and old trees.

Closure procedure typically cross-sections of the dam. All automatics of the complex was examined, on the eve of the threat of a storm, “Alexander.” It is noteworthy that the element then walked around the city side.

Last year in St. Petersburg, there was no storm that actually is quite unusual for the Northern capital. Although since the commissioning of the dam town forgot about floods, but a gale and pouring rain, until recently, remained an integral part of the St. Petersburg winter and fall.

According to the forecasts of meteorologists, the strongest storm in the city breaks out around midnight, and in the morning the weather is favorable for walking.

Meanwhile,

The gale is blowing now, not only in St. Petersburg. In the Kaliningrad region because of rampant disaster more than a thousand people were left without electricity. Eliminate the consequences of the accident for nearly 70 rescue teams.