Dam protects St. Petersburg closed
in connection with the threat of flooding.
Dam protects St. Petersburg closed due to the threat of flooding. Closures navigation passes and culverts blocked access hazardous Finnish waters in the delta of the Neva. Temporarily stopped shipping, reported the press service of the Directorate of GLC.
By midnight, the water level on the outside Protection Barrier St. Petersburg amounted to 168 cm above the single bets. This was reported in the regional emergency department. Within a few hours the water rose more than 80 cm, but flooding in the city did not happen due to the closure of cross-sections of the dam.
cross-sections of the dam were closed at 15:40 on Friday in a gale. Six merchant ships did not have time to go to the sea port of St. Petersburg, they are to wait until the morning storm in the Gulf of Finland. It is expected that cross-sections of the protective structures will be opened at 05:00, but the final decision will be made on the actual situation.
In the morning the situation is normalized, then all security mechanisms will be given in position.
«Employees Protection Barrier will not allow the water element disturb local residents, so can sleep peacefully St. Petersburg, about anything without worrying”, – stressed in the Directorate.
In the weather was told that the wind over the Gulf of Finland remains strong, up to 20 meters per second, and the water level can rise further.
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