The first "snow" in St. Petersburg - roads clean in advance?

The fact that on November 24 the city will drop snow, lots of snow, the Emergency Situations Ministry warned yesterday. The forecast came true - a blizzard from the north-east wind in some places up to 17 - 22 meters per second in the morning and raged.

Officials claim that heed the warnings of EMERCOM in St. Petersburg and Hydrometcenter and brought to the streets of the city cleaning equipment. As the press service of the Committee for improvement, to the top of the snowfall was organized duty cleaning equipment. According to official data, in the night from 23 to 24 November at the cleaning of city streets has been involved 1100 harvest units and auxiliary equipment, including 200 new cars. Snow removal that night about 500 trucks. Moreover, road safety from three o'clock in the afternoon on November 23 carriageways treated icing materials.

Night Work Committee does not intend to be limited to improvement - during the day on the streets of St. Petersburg will run 500 special machines and 700 janitors. By evening, the number of appliances will be increased. Traditionally, officials have asked citizens not only to comply with the traffic rules, but also, where possible, to limit trips by car.

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And in the coming days, the forecasts are disappointing. On November 24 the forecast of heavy snow and blizzards saved. And 25 and 26 November in the city will go rainfall, but more moderately. The air temperature will not rise above the level of minus 5 degrees, the strength of the north - north-east wind in the daytime will be 5 - 10 meters per second gusting to 15 meters per second. Note that in St. Petersburg Hydrometeorological expected cold snap. So far, only on the night of 27 numbers. The air temperature in the Leningrad region in some places can fall to minus 14 - 19 degrees Celsius.



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