According to Interfax, citing the press service of the regional administration, more than 5.5 thousand people were left without electricity in the Kirzhach region, as well as ten schools, three preschool institutions and one water intake.
In addition, in the Petushinsky district, bad weather left 11 settlements without electricity, in which 950 people live.
Currently, the electricity supply has been restored there.
According to kp.ru, Governor Vladimir Sipyagin has sent Acting Deputy Governor German Elyanyushkin to the Kirzhach District.
He will supervise the elimination of the consequences of a night thunderstorm.
Roshydrometeorological center also announced that two regions of Russia - Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod regions - are in danger of a hurricane in the very near future.