US EditionLate-April Snowfall Shatters Record in Moscow
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The Russian capital is on orange weather alert until Tuesday morning with heavy rainfall in perspective.
Aerial races cancelled, trees removed from roots under the weight of snow and calls for caution: Moscow faced a late snowstorm on Monday in the middle of spring.
Late-April Snowfall Shatters Record in Moscow
Muscovites awoke Monday to a record-shattering blanket of snow after a rare late-April winter storm swooped into the Russian capital overnight, with local authorities warning that snow and wind would persist over the next two days.
Meteorologists expect the snowfall to ease by the evening, but to continue into Tuesday.
The Russian capital faces exceptional weather conditions for the season with heavy snowfall resulting in cancellations of flights and damage to property Cancelled flights,
A late snowstorm hit Moscow on Monday, causing dozens of flights to be canceled or delayed at the Russian capital's airports, trees toppled under the weight of the snow and residents were warned to be cautious. According to meteorologists, it was the heaviest rainfall on a single day since 1880.
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