December 19, 2022 at 8:58 pm
More than 200 flights to Moscow, the Russian capital, were delayed or canceled on the 18th.
[China News Agency]Affected by continued heavy snowfall, more than 200 flights to Moscow, the Russian capital, were delayed or canceled on the 18th.
According to data from three Moscow airports, from 00:00 to 18:40 on the 18th, 90 flights at Sheremetyevo airport were delayed and 5 flights were canceled; at Domodedovo airport 119 flights were delayed and 1 flight was cancelled; At Nukovo airport 50 flights were delayed and 2 flights were cancelled.
According to the latest data from the Yandex time server, as of 21:35 Moscow time, 18 flights were delayed and 4 flights were canceled at Sheremetyevo airport; 25 flights were delayed and 1 flight was canceled at Domodedovo airport; Vnukovo Airport 29 flights delayed, 15 flights were cancelled.
Russian media quoted experts from the Russian Hydrometeorological Center as saying that from the night of the 17th to the morning of the 18th, snowfall in Moscow exceeded 25% of the city’s average monthly rainfall, and rainfall exceeded 15mm. the same historical period is 13.1 mm. The snow thickness in some areas of the city of Moscow reached 33-38 cm, breaking the record for the same period in 1989 (31 cm). Snowfall in the suburbs of Moscow accounted for 50% of the average precipitation for the month, and the snow thickness in some areas reached 35-43 cm.
According to news from the Moscow city government, a total of 12,500 equipment and nearly 120,000 municipal employees were dispatched to clear the snow that day. Biliukov, the deputy mayor of Moscow, said more forces would be summoned to work day and night on clearing the snow.
