Sergey Filippov, Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, said that due to heavy snowstorms in the Rostov region, more than a thousand cars were stuck in traffic jams on the M-4 Don highway. Rostov region on the broadcast of the channel “Russia 24”.
Filippov said that the situation is gradually improving, traffic congestion is decreasing.
On March 30, there was a traffic jam on the highway due to snowfall and wind. A state of emergency was declared in the city of Shakhty and four districts of the Rostov region.
Rescuers arranged heating points along the way. With data Sergey Bondarenko, head of Novoshakhtinsk, there are 17 of them, eight mobile heating stations are also working.
Vasily Golubev, Governor of the Rostov Region knowledgeableHe said that due to bad weather conditions, electricity was cut off for about 35,000 people in the region.
With data At 17.00 hours of the Ministry of Emergencies, the traffic jam was reduced by 17 km.