Leningrad Zoo was closed due to flooding

The Leningrad Zoo was closed in St. Petersburg. The reason is the bad weather that has hit the city and the region.

The menagerie's message notes that the menagerie is temporarily closed due to very strong winds and possible falling trees in order to avoid accidents, the 78 TV channel reports.

Earlier it was reported that trees fell in a hurricane in St. Petersburg, beaches were flooded, Peterhof parks, Summer and Mikhailovsky Gardens, as well as the Palace Park in Gatchina were closed.

It was also reported that a tree fell on a woman during a hurricane in St. Petersburg. The incident occurred on July 4 in Alexander Park on the Petrogradskaya side and was captured on video, which is available to Izvestia.

Tatiana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, said that the cyclone forming over the Gulf of Finland would not last long. The flood will peak on July 5th. Meanwhile, the cyclone has already caused the water level in the Gulf of Finland to rise to 180 cm. This flood may be the first July flood in the last 160 years.