Romania’s emergency services said the country’s rescuers were working to remove trees from completely snow-covered roads and provide aid to people trapped in the blizzard as the blizzard raged.
Before invading the Black Sea region, this air mass produced very powerful and gusty winds that sank a cargo ship off the island of Lesbos in Greece.
The situation in Ukraine is particularly dangerous. The hydrometeorological center has declared a danger in most of the country: heavy drizzle, rain and further increasing snow cover are forecast in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Odesa.
In a video posted on Facebook on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi claimed that the winter storm had affected ten regions of the country, and that forces had been deployed to clear roads and restore electricity.
VIDEO: Zelensky warns of dangerous weather conditions: Ukrainians, be careful and call if necessary
The state administration of the capital states that road users have used 1,190 tons of salt, 1,456 tons of sand and salt mixture and 143 tons of sand in the last 24 hours.
At night and in the morning, hundreds of units of specialized equipment and workers cleaned the roads and sidewalks of Kyiv.
On Monday, it was reported that a strong wind damaged the Ukrainian flag at the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv. The flag will be removed and replaced with a new one when the weather conditions improve.
Meanwhile, in the Odesa region, even armored vehicles are used to fight the snow.
National Police of Ukraine/Telegram/Blizzard effects in Ukraine
“Odesa region does not sleep. We are working to eliminate the effects of bad weather. All services continue to operate in enhanced mode. In some snow-covered areas, rescuers even have to use armored vehicles,” said Oleh Kiper, head of the military administration of the Odesa region.
According to him, from 1 p.m. overnight rainfall in the south of the region stopped, which allowed the relevant services to work more productively.
Earlier it was reported that due to bad weather in Odesa region, buses with passengers got stuck in the snow, some roads were blocked by fallen trees.
National Police of Ukraine/Telegram/Blizzard effects in Ukraine
The strong wind also caused a serious accident in the high-power boiler room – it fell
100 meter high pipe. It is reported that due to bad weather and power supply problems, water supply has been cut off in various parts of the city.
Videos of the situation on the front line in Ukraine also appeared on social networks – poor weather conditions and heavy snowfall made fighting almost impossible.
A hurricane in Crimea
Meanwhile, Russian authorities report that a real hurricane is raging in the occupied Crimea. Wind gusts reached 40 meters per second in the northwest of the Crimean peninsula. Half a million inhabitants of the region were left without electricity.
Due to the flooded Simferopol-Eupatoriya road, traffic was restricted. Eight-meter high waves are expected on the Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar Territory.
The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, citing a regional hydrometeorological center, reported that wind gusts reached 40 meters per second in the Chernomorsk settlement. A group of aircraft was sent to the flooded area of Eupatoria.
photo from social networks/Hurricane devastated Crimea
According to the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Crimea, Mykola Lukashenko, traffic was restricted due to the flooded section of the Simferopol-Eupatoriya road. According to him, the passage is closed between the cities of Sakai and Eupatoria. The movement of passenger sea transport was suspended in Sevastopol.
The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, declared a non-working day for many organizations on Monday due to bad weather conditions. He clarified that employees of social, educational and sports institutions will not go to work. The day off is not scheduled for specialists of medical institutions and employees of operative services.
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2024-08-31 20:52:17
