“According to weather forecasters, extremely difficult weather conditions are expected in the city: snowfall and freezing rain, ice in places, snow roll, snow growth can be up to eight centimeters.

City services have been put on high alert, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

At the same time, he urged Muscovites to be extremely careful and careful on the streets and roads, if possible, to postpone car trips, as heavy traffic is expected.

The deputy mayor stressed that emergency teams of engineering companies and district prefectures are on duty around the clock. 

Earlier, about 18 thousand residents of the Kursk region were left without electricity due to freezing rain and wind.