“According to the Roshydrometeorological center, until 12:00 on August 18, an orange level of weather danger was declared in St. Petersburg due to abnormally hot weather with an average daily air temperature above the climatic norm by 7 ° C or more,” the report says.
"Orange" level means dangerous weather with the possibility of natural disasters.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, climatologist, Honored Scientist of Russia, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Semyonov spoke in an interview with URA.RU about the possible consequences of global climate change.