Severe flooding threatens St. Petersburg

Due to strong winds from the Gulf of Finland, the water level in Neveu The water level has already risen to over 180 centimeters. A protective dam is currently holding back the water.

Waves in the Gulf of Finland are reaching three meters high. Winds, gusting up to 30 meters per second, are knocking down trees. The city's chief weather forecaster Alexander Kolesov He noted that such a weather apocalypse had not occurred in the region for 160 years, since July 12, 1865.

It is reported that the most affected at the moment is Sestroretsk, which is located on the outside of the dam. The park there was flooded. Dubki and local beaches.

В Petersburg the wind tore off part of the roof on the street Moiseenko, trees are falling, the Leningrad Zoo is closed for the safety of animals.