More than two thousand trucks were stranded on the border of Russia and Georgia due to bad weather – vehicles were stranded at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint in North Ossetia-Alania. This was reported by Web site traffic management center (TCOC) for the republic.
North Ossetia data center reports “Total queue: 2016. Green zone: 0”.
According to weather tracking services, at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint there is a sharp drop in temperature to -10 degrees below zero and wind gusts of up to 26 km per hour.
Roman Vilfand, formerly scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center reportedMuscovites can expect light frost and sleet as well as light snowfall over the weekend.
It will be 5 degrees below zero during the day and 10-15 degrees below zero at night. But next week the weather will change dramatically and the March thaw will come to the capital.
Previously on Sakhalin rescued A man spent the night in his car for two days due to snowfall.