All that rain was not 70 years: Moscow comes after the disaster

In Moscow eliminate the consequences of the heavy rainfall over the last 70 years. Last night in the city had the third of June’s rainfall, stronger just filled in Butovo. Gusty winds were knocked down dozens of trees, damaged 25 cars, and the roads turned into deep rivers.

Rain and strong wind gusts that hit the capital last night, threw a record rainfall of up to 20 mm. Felled dozens of trees, damaged cars, streets turned into rivers.

in the Morning it was impossible to go there, people once avoided.

a Flood in the area of Savelovsky station. On the street Bolshaya Novodmitrovskaya now neither walk nor drive — water on the knee. Utilities all day today trying to eliminate the consequences of flooding. At the place of work several teams.

“Now produced of the event by pumping water. To work for another 1.5-2 hours”, — says Nikolay Krepak, an officer of GUP “mosvodostok”.

the Cars, like fast patrol boats cut the wave and in the South-East of the capital. Fergana travel under water. Local residents urgently change shoes in the store now not only the masks and gloves, but in rubber boots.

Eastern Butovo is also flooded. The water left the beach at Borisov ponds.

the River is raging and the roads of the Moscow Aprelevka. Motorists using metal detectors “catch” detached due to water pressure rooms of their machines.

Flooded the basements of several stores.

– Here is our basement bubbling water. Very deep.

And in this outlet the water ankle-deep.

in the Morning on Pyatnitskoye highway in front of number 10 fell to the ground on the square 150 metres away. The damaged part of the pedestrian walkway. Rescuers liquidate the consequences of failure. There were no injuries.

In the Moscow region flooded more than 470 plots.

According to the forecasts of meteorologists, the cyclone, which brought in capital region record rainfall, POStapeno weakens. Now in Moscow are Sunny, and the weekend promises a real summer.

Text: “to Conduct-Moscow”