“During the day on December 7, with preservation until 16:00 on December 8, heavy snow, sleet, sticking of wet snow are expected on the territory of the Moscow region, ice in the afternoon on December 7, heavy ice in the morning and afternoon on December 8," Moscow "message of the Moscow region headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Motorists were advised to refrain from traveling by private transport.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, said that the height of snowdrifts in Moscow exceeded 20 cm.
Earlier, the leading specialist of the Phobos center, Mikhail Leus, said that on December 7, up to a quarter of the monthly precipitation rate could fall in Moscow.