Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Archive photoVOLGOGRAD, January 15 Strong winds and a snowstorm caused power outages in several settlements of the Volgograd region, and the roof was blown off in the village of Verkhnesolonovskoye by a hurricane, the regional administration reported on Saturday in its Telegram channel. Previously, the regional The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned that a snowstorm and strong winds of up to 31 meters per second were expected in the Volgograd region on Saturday night. people were left without electricity due to bad weatherAccording to the department, bad weather caused a power outage in settlements in Sredneakhtubinsky, Olkhovsky, Kotovsky, Svetloyarsky, Dubovsky and districts of the region. The brigades are eliminating accidents on power lines. «In the Verkhnesolonovskiy rural settlement of the Surovikinsky district, the roof of the school gym was damaged due to strong winds,» the administration reports. It is noted that the roof will be repaired today. In addition, according to the agency, the day before, rescuers managed to pull several cars out of snow drifts on the roads of Volgograd and the suburbs and help 35 people, including six children. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, a regular bus, in which a family with a small child was traveling, also got stuck on a snowy road, rescuers brought him warm clothes. the wind tore off the roof from a five-story building in Chuvashia
