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1 of November, 15:01

The snow cyclone has covered several regions of Russia Snow cyclone covered several regions of the country. Emergency mode is entered in 2 districts of Yakutia. There the snow cover reaches 1.5 m. In agriculture there is a threat of the loss of horses and deer.

The snow literally paralyzed life in several districts of Yakutia. For a short period of time it had a 5-month norm of precipitation. In 4 districts declared a state of high alert. Horses with difficulty make their way through the snow. There is a threat of mass mortality of domestic animals. The solution to this problem is done by local authorities and employees of departments of agriculture. Today the situation has stabilized, but forecasters do not exclude that in the nearest time the storm may return.

At the same time in Ekaterinburg during the night had the monthly norm of snow. The city stood in traffic. Utilities brought to the road hundreds of pieces of harvest equipment.

On roads of the Ulyanovsk region dozens of accidents because of the ice. One of them took videofixation: the truck flew into a ditch.

Almost completely paralyzed traffic on the Federal highway M5 in Bashkiria. Because of the snow with rain, the road more like a skating rink. Trucks can't climbing. Dozens of accidents.

Trucker Ivan Lebedev is in a traffic jam on the M5 for more than 6 hours. Like most other drivers, he was there before dark. However, by nightfall, nothing has changed. M5 Federal highway on the border of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan now resembles a skating rink. The most difficult situation on the climbs. Multi-ton truck stopped, and climb mountains. The situation on the road trying to change the emergency workers and traffic police. Throughout the night they dragged a heavy uphill with the help of tugs. Due to the fact that on the road there are cars, sprinkle it with sand and a reagent in some places impossible. Where there's no traffic, the situation is not less complicated. Ice and snow become the cause of numerous accidents. The situation around the clock monitoring in the management of the M5 highway in Ufa. In connection with deterioration of weather conditions is switched to enhanced mode. The track brought more than 70 vehicles.
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