More than 50 thousand people were left without electricity ALTAI REGION
Offline 242 transformer stations, 10 hospitals (including medical and health posts), 26 schools, 35 boiler.
Earlier, Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Altai Territory issued a warning about the rapid deterioration in weather conditions.
According to the ITF Altai, in the region from 24 to 26 November was expected sleet, sometimes heavy, wet deposition of snow on the roads, snow storms, strong winds up to 19-24 m / s, gusts up to 27 m / s, drifts on the roads .
In anticipation of a complex of adverse weather events may cause emergencies and accidents caused by disturbances in the transport, power lines breakages and accidents at substations, falling of trees and collapse of structures loosely held, an increase in the number of accidents.
November 23 a meeting of the Commission on the Prevention and Emergency Response and Fire Safety Altai chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Commission, the Deputy Governor of the Altai region Y. Ishutina. On the agenda was the question of `measures for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations related to sleet and snow drifts on the roads of the Altai Territory #39;. To eliminate the threat of an emergency and coordination of operational forces, an interdepartmental working group.
