An "orange" danger level has been declared in the Moscow region due to heavy snowfall.

The "orange" weather danger level due to heavy snowfall and sleet will be in effect in the Moscow region until Monday evening. The Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation reports this on February 16.

"The warning period is until 21:00 on February 16. Snow is expected on the afternoon of February 16, heavy in some places, very heavy snow in the south of the region. Snowstorm in some areas, wind strengthening with gusts up to 15 m/s. There is ice on the roads, snow drifts in places," the Moscow City News agency quotes the message.

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The Moscow region has a "yellow" weather hazard level due to snowstorms and wind, writes RIAMO.

Earlier, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, told the National News Service that severe frosts would return to Moscow after the first thaw, and by the middle of the new week, the temperature would reach -15 degrees even during the day.

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