Sakhalin is on high alert due to snowstorms

Snowfall with strong winds is expected in the Sakhalin Region in the next 24 hours. Operational services have been put on high alert.

According to forecasts, on the night of February 5, the wind speed will reach 25 m/s. Heavy snowfall is expected. The roads will be icy, avalanche danger has been declared in the mountains. About it writes IA SakhalinMedia.

Schoolchildren of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Anivsky, Dolinsky, Makarovsky, Nevelsky, Tomarinsky, Korsakovsky and Kholmsky districts have been transferred to distance learning. Kindergartens will continue their work in the usual mode.

In the urban districts organized round-the-clock duty of the management staff. In the districts have already checked the backup power supply sources at the life support facilities and objects with round-the-clock stay of people. Temporary accommodation and catering facilities have also been prepared. If the situation worsens, a decision will be made to limit traffic on the roads.

Snow removal will begin early in the morning of February 5 in residential yards. The municipal housing control department of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Administration will monitor the progress of snow removal.