Moscow has been hit by a historicheat wave this week, with temperatures reaching a 120-year record due to the effects of climate change, Russia's weather service said Tuesday.
Moscow is facing huge traffic jams at 4:00 a.m. local time (01:00 GMT) on Saturday because of heavy snowfall, the traffic monitoring service of the Yandex company shows.
Au moins une personne est morte et cinq ont été blessées à Moscou au cours de la plus forte tempête de neige jamais enregistrée dans la ville depuis que les relevés existent, ont déclaré dimanche le maire de la capitale russe et des agences météorologiques.
More than 300 flights have been delayed and another 35 flights have been cancelled at Moscow airports, the online arrivals and departures board of covering Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports said.
The average January temperatures in Moscow have climbed almost five degrees between 1880 and 2016, Russia’s Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring reported on Tuesday.
About 100 flights have been cancelled and more than 20 others delayed at Moscow airports on Thursday due to bad weather conditions, according to the Yandex.ru website.
Unusually warm temperatures have changed winter life in Russia's capital: the abnormal spell of warm weather due to Atlantic cyclones blocks the start of the ski season and postpones flooding of the city rinks with water.