Moscow region braves through yet another storm - PHOTOS, VIDEOS

  01 July 2017    Read: 1207
Moscow region braves through yet another storm - PHOTOS, VIDEOS
A second thunderstorm with a strong "tropical" shower hit the Russian capital and nearby region, a month after the heavy storm that carried away lives of 16 people and left more than 200 others injured.
According to meteorologists, gusts of wind reached 15-20 meters per second.





The sky quickly turned black.



Users of social networks also reported hail and flooding in the city streets.





About 4.4 thousand people were left without electricity due to the severe weather. Emergency repair works are already being carried out.

The storm also caused dozens of flights to be delayed at Moscow airports.

The Russian Ministry of Health reported one man killed by a lightning strike in the Dmitrov District of Moscow Region and five others injured in Moscow.

The natural disaster that occurred on May 29 became the deadliest storm in the Russian capital since one in 1998 which killed around 10 people. The storm damaged 243 buildings and around 2,000 cars in the capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote in his Twitter account.

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