An orange danger level has been declared in Moscow due to heavy snow.

An orange weather danger level has been declared in Moscow and the Moscow Region due to heavy snow. This was announced on April 27 on the website of the Hydrometeorological Center.

It is noted that due to the snowfall, wet snow may stick to wires and trees, ice is expected in some places, as well as heavy wind gusts of 18-23 meters per second.

Footage of the effects of bad weather is published by Izvestia. Correspondent Denis Dolya noted that the strong wind literally breaks trees in half in several districts of the city.

In the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, in the MACH messenger the day before, residents were advised to avoid billboards and rickety structures, not to hide under trees and not to leave children unattended. Motorists were advised to slow down and increase the distance.

Rain freezes: cold weather in Central Russia will last until the end of April

And snowfall hit the Urals, the Far East and the Volga region.

Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the Department of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, warned on April 22 about approaching cyclones and precipitation until the end of the month. According to him, at night the thermometer can drop to -1 degrees, during the day it will be from +2 to +7 degrees, but you should not wait for the sun.