| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Dangerous weather conditions are expected in eight regions of Russia |
| 2025-06-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Showers, thunderstorms and strong winds are forecast in eight regions of Russia in the coming days. This was reported on June 11 by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation Roman Vilfand. "A dangerous phenomenon in the form of heavy rainfall combined with thunderstorms and winds up to 22 m/s is expected in the Rostov Region on June 11-12. Cyclonic activity prevails in the Northwestern Federal District, so in Komi there will be heavy rainfall with thunderstorms, hail, and winds up to 23 m/s, and a similar situation will occur in the Vologda Region," TASS quoted him as saying. The weather forecaster specified that heavy rainfall is forecast for the Murmansk Region at this time, and rainy weather is forecast for the Leningrad Region. In the regions located on the Volga — Tatarstan, the Ulyanovsk Region and the Perm Region — heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and winds up to 21–23 m/s are expected during this period. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 8, a heavy downpour damaged the roof and flooded the terminal at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. The airport's services deployed all resources to eliminate the consequences of the bad weather. Later that day, Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the crisis management department at Roshydromet, told Regnum that the weather in Moscow that surprised many was not abnormal for the summer and the region, and would continue to be observed with varying frequency until autumn. According to him, a climatic "squiggle" is passing through the Russian capital. |
| Posted by:badanov |