Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the timing of removing the effects of the hurricane in Moscow, reports RIA Novosti.
“I hope that within two days all the consequences will be eliminated. Currently working on elimination of consequences of about 30 thousand people and five thousand pieces of equipment. So the forces and means there,” — said Sobyanin.
According to the town Governor, in Moscow, 11 people were killed and over 100 injured in the state of varying severity are in hospitals. According to preliminary data, 14 thousand fallen trees, damaged buildings and 240 of about two thousand machines.
Previously, the Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobyov said five of the dead in the field.
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill prayed for the victims of the disaster and expressed condolences to their families, according to the Federal news Agency (FAN) with reference to the press Secretary of the Primate of Alexander Volkov.
According to the MOE, the storm blacked out more than 300 settlements. Also there is a delay in the movement of trains and Aeroexpress.
Heavy rain with thunderstorms and gusty winds began in Moscow on Monday afternoon, may 29. In different parts of the city have been documented cases of falling trees and billboards, one of the stops of public transport pulled out of the ground.