US EditionMoscow records heaviest snowfall in over 200 years
Moscow recorded its highest snowfall in over 200 years with up to 65 cm, causing major travel delays before temperatures plunge to minus 20 degrees Celsius, meteorologists said.
- On Thursday, Moscow recorded a second consecutive daily snowfall record with snow piles reaching as high as 60 cms, and Moscow State University meteorologists said the city has seen the largest snowfall this month in more than 200 years.
- The Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory said deep cyclones and sharp atmospheric fronts caused the snowfall, recording almost 92 mm of precipitation by January 29.
- Traffic monitoring services said morning commuters faced delays on major roadways including the Moscow Ring Road, while commuter trains were delayed and cars were stuck in traffic jams this evening.
- On Friday, temperatures are expected to plunge to minus 20 degrees Celsius with a high of minus 13 C, while the Russian Hydrometeorological Center issued a code `orange` advisory for dangerous weather.
- The situation links to broader regional storms and disruptions as images circulated online showed residents in the city of around 13 million struggling through heavy snow, while earlier this month Kamchatka region declared an emergency.
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Moscow has recorded the most severe snowfalls in more than two centuries this month.The "unusually strong" snowfalls are the result of "the passage of deep and extended cyclones with an intensified weather front over the Moscow region," explained meteorologists of the Moscow State University on Thursday.In the capital there have now been snowfalls, which correspond to a precipitation of 92 millimetres - "the highest value of the last 203 years",…
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