One dead as record snowfall hits Moscow
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| A municipal worker tries to clear a street in Moscow on Feb 4, 2018. (Photo: AFP/Yuri KADOBNOV) |
Russia's meteorological service said Moscow had seen more than half its average monthly snowfall in the space of 24 hours, with 43cm blanketing the capital by Sunday morning, agencies reported.
"One person died from a falling tree that hit an electric power line," Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his VKontakte social media page, adding that 360 trees had already been brought down by the extreme weather.
"According to the latest information, five have been injured. Be careful. The forecast says the weather will get worse," he later said via Twitter, warning of strong winds to come.
Dozens of flights were delayed and several cancelled at the city's airports.
Earlier an official from Moscow's meteorological office told Interfax news agency the equivalent of 14mm of water had fallen in 12 hours on Saturday, topping a previous record from 1957.
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