Moscow learn some of the most brutal winters of anyworld Das Kapital , but even local anaesthetic were n’t prepared for the most recent winter tempest to knock about the city . AsNewsweekreports , a track record - breaking 17 inches of coke buried Moscow within 24 hours .
Roughly 7 inches of snow strike down just on Saturday , February 3 , and the downpour retain through the following Sunday . The accumulation has already been dubbed the " snow of the C , " and official expect up to 3 additionalinchesto cover the ground over the next three days .
The sudden rash has bring life story to a abide - still in the city of12 million . The mayor is warning motorist to stay off the roads as around 15,000 snowplows absolved the snow . About 2000 trees have been toppled by the storm , wound at least five people and killing one .
Even as the worst of the weather winds down , over40,000 peoplein Moscow and the beleaguer region are without power . Meanwhile , travel in and out of the metropolis has become close to unacceptable : Around 100 flight are ground at the local airport indefinitely and at least 10 have been strike down all together .
The historical snowfall has n’t cease many of Moscow ’s tougher residents from venturing outside . check out out photos from the case below .
[ h / tNewsweek ]
