translated from Spanish: More than fifty cars collide in Moscow for the heavy snowfall

Russia, (EFE).-Moscow supports this Saturday one of the biggest snowfall in decades, which has forced the authorities to mobilize more than 12,000 vehicles, snow ploughs and trucks, to clean the streets of the city, declared on “Orange alert”.

 People walk down the street covered with snow during the heavy snowfall in Moscow, Russia. Photo: EFE these climatic conditions have paralyzed roads by traffic jams and multiple accidents, one of which involved more than 50 cars and the road was blocked in the capital of Russia.

So far, no reported people dead or injured.” Today and the next few days will be a tough test for the city. There will be sudden temperature jumps. And on Moscow intense snow fall,”warned the Mayor of the Russian capital, Serguéi Sobianin on Twitter.

A communal vehicle clean a sidewalk during a strong snowfall in the capital of Russia, Moscow, 26 January 2019.  Photo: AFP added that municipal services are working in intensive regime. Authorities appealed to Muscovites to refrain from using their cars to avoid traffic jams and facilitate the work of the road cleaning equipment.

Lasting snowfall were anticipated for two days in Moscow. Photo: EFE for its part, Moscow railways company announced that to ensure the safety of the train and its passengers a total of 1,500 workers and 88 Snowplow vehicles are involved in cleaning of the roads, which will be carried out in a way in interrupted until the end of the nevada.
At the moment, despite the bad weather, served with a temperature of about 10 degrees below zero, the Moscow airports operate normally. According to the weather forecast, the current Nevada could be the largest registered in Moscow in the last 68 years.

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