WEATHER According to the Fobos meteorological center, “never in the history of meteorology have snow banks of this size been seen” in Moscow a December 18
In front of a Moscow metro station, December 18, 2022. — Sergei Fadeichev/TASS/Sipa USA
Moscow is cold. “It’s a snow apocalypse”, alarmed Russian public television on Sunday, as record snowdrifts more than 30 centimeters high rose in the streets of the Russian capital by disrupting road traffic and making the sidewalks disappear.
“It”s February snowdrifts” in the middle of December, affirmed; meteorological center Fobos, assuring “never in the history of meteorology have snow banks of this size been seen. seen” in the streets of Moscow on December 18.
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Several buses blocked
About 119,000 people and more than 12,500 vehicles were deployed to clear snow, according to Moscow City Hall. “There is so much snow that several buses are stuck on the roads (…) and desperate passengers get off to continue on their way through. foot,” for its part the television channel Ren-TV.
Sidewalks were almost entirely hidden by snow in certain districts of the city, the clearers being responsible, according to the Muscovite authorities, for taking care above all of clearing snow from the streets. roads and approaches to public transport stops. More than 50 flights have also been canceled at Moscow airports due to the severe weather, according to airport authorities.