"From 21:00 on January 4 to 21:00 on January 5, a" yellow "level of weather hazard was declared on the territory of St. Petersburg due to heavy snowfall with adhesion of wet snow and icing," the message says.
As noted, drivers should refrain from using vehicles.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, said that warming to 0 ° C, heavy precipitation, ice cover are expected in Moscow on January 5.