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| Several dead, trees uprooted & streets blocked as severe storm hits Moscow (PHOTO, VIDEO) | Several dead, trees uprooted & streets blocked as severe storm hits Moscow (PHOTO, VIDEO) |
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| At least six people were killed as the Russian capital, Moscow, was hit by a heavy storm midday on Monday, the Investigative Committee confirmed. The city mayor said that dozens required medical treatment. The storm uprooted trees and tore the roofs off buildings. | At least six people were killed as the Russian capital, Moscow, was hit by a heavy storm midday on Monday, the Investigative Committee confirmed. The city mayor said that dozens required medical treatment. The storm uprooted trees and tore the roofs off buildings. |
| “As a result of the storm wind in north-eastern, south-western and eastern Moscow, trees collapsed on passing residents. Five people died on the spot from the injuries they received. In addition, on the same day, a strong wind gust damaged a bus stop on Kirovogradskaya Street. An elderly man... died on the spot,” Yulia Ivanova, Investigative Committee representative, told RIA Novosti news agency. | “As a result of the storm wind in north-eastern, south-western and eastern Moscow, trees collapsed on passing residents. Five people died on the spot from the injuries they received. In addition, on the same day, a strong wind gust damaged a bus stop on Kirovogradskaya Street. An elderly man... died on the spot,” Yulia Ivanova, Investigative Committee representative, told RIA Novosti news agency. |
| “There are casualties as a result of the storm, more than 40 people applied for medical attention. My condolences to the relatives and loved ones of those who died,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin tweeted. | “There are casualties as a result of the storm, more than 40 people applied for medical attention. My condolences to the relatives and loved ones of those who died,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin tweeted. |
| The mayor added that the authorities were taking the necessary measures to deal with aftermath of the disaster. | The mayor added that the authorities were taking the necessary measures to deal with aftermath of the disaster. |
| Sources in the emergencies services earlier told TASS that one person had been killed by a falling tree in southwest Moscow. | Sources in the emergencies services earlier told TASS that one person had been killed by a falling tree in southwest Moscow. |
| In another incident, a bus stop was torn from the pavement by the strong wind and was blown toward pedestrians, fatally injuring one person. | In another incident, a bus stop was torn from the pavement by the strong wind and was blown toward pedestrians, fatally injuring one person. |
| A tree which collapsed on the tracks disrupted the operations of the Moscow Metro on the Filevskaya Line in northwest Moscow, although operations were swiftly restored. | A tree which collapsed on the tracks disrupted the operations of the Moscow Metro on the Filevskaya Line in northwest Moscow, although operations were swiftly restored. |
| Moscow’s Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports have cancelled 13 flights and delayed 33 others due to the bad weather. | |
| According to air traffic control, the storm did not require any planes arriving at the airports to switch to a reserve airfield, with all aircraft landing routinely in the capital. | |
| Earlier, the Emergencies Ministry issued a warning, saying that “heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, and gusts of wind reaching 17-22 meters per second” were expected in the capital from noon Monday until Tuesday morning. | |
| One person was killed by the storm in the town of Krasnogorsk in the Moscow Region, police said. | |
| “A metal sheet was torn off by the strong wind, as a result a man was crushed to his death in Krasnogorsk,” the police press service told RIA Novosti. | |
| In Moscow Region, a wire breakage caused by the storm left over 7,300 people without electricity in the Naro-Fominsky, Istrinsky and Mozhaysky districts, the Energy Ministry said. | |
| The operations of suburban trains in the area were halted on several directions due to the weather. |