“Already now it can be argued that the snowfall on December 7, 2021 was the most powerful since 1949,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Tishkovets added that taking into account the ongoing precipitation, the final results will be summed up at 21:00 Moscow time.

Earlier, in Moscow and the Moscow region, until the evening of December 8, the "yellow" level of weather hazard due to icy conditions was extended.

The leading specialist of the Phobos center, Mikhail Leus, said that during the day on December 7 in Moscow, up to a quarter of the monthly precipitation rate may fall.