Meteorological security
Moscow
snowstorm delays over 150 flights
Traffic congestion
reached record-high 10 points Thursday afternoon
The Associated Press Posted: Dec
25, 2014 8:44 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 25, 2014 1:32 PM ET
A tram rolls through a snowstorm in
Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 25, 2014. A massive storm on Thursday caused delays to
more than a hundred flights and brought traffic to a standstill. (Pavel Golovkin/Associated Press)
A massive snowstorm in Moscow on
Thursday caused delays to more than 150 flights and brought traffic to a
standstill.
None of Moscow's three airports have
been closed, but all three were hit with severe delays, including more than a
hundred flights being delayed from Domodedovo south of the city.
The snowstorm began early Thursday
morning and the Russian Meteorological Office said it expects up to 10
centimetres of snow to fall in Moscow in a single day.
The Yandex traffic monitoring service
said the congestion in Moscow reached the record-high 10 points in the early
afternoon, which normally happens only occasionally every year during rush
hour.
The congestion was so bad on Thursday
that several cabinet ministers got stuck in traffic and came late for the last
session of the government this year, according to Prime Minister Dmitry
Medvedev.
Unlike in some Western European
capitals, snowstorms in Moscow hardly ever disrupt public transport or shut
down air traffic.
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