“Very hot weather, there may be storm warnings, since temperatures above + 30 ° C in the capital are a dangerous phenomenon,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Vilfand added that the high temperature during this period will continue even at night.
He also said that hot weather and "ruthless sun" is expected in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
Earlier, the leading meteorologist of Gismeteo, Leonid Starkov, spoke about the weather in southern Russia in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.