63 flights were delayed and canceled at Moscow airports. This follows from the data of the Yandex.Schedule service on Thursday, January 13.
Thus, 15 flights were delayed and 11 canceled at Vnukovo airport, nine flights were delayed and two were canceled at Domodedovo airport, and 12 flights were delayed and 14 canceled at Sheremetyevo airport, the Moskva city news agency reports.
Earlier in the day, the Deputy Mayor of the capital, Petr Biryukov, said that due to the unfavorable forecast, a decision was made to transfer all city services in Moscow to high alert.
He explained that, according to weather forecasters, the snow will last until 21:00 Friday, in some places a blizzard is expected with wind gusts up to 15-18 m/s, NSN reports.
The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, Roman Vilfand, said on the same day that a number of Russian regions will face dangerous weather in the coming days. He also promised that on January 14 in the Ivanovo region and the Moscow region there will be heavy rainfall and snow drifts.
Source: IZ
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