Public utilities working in tight schedule in Astana
ASTANA. January 16. KAZINFORM - There is blizzard in the capital with the wind increase up to 15-20 m/s over two days. Meteorologists have announces the weather warning. As is reported to astana.kz in the RHE "Kazgidromet", such weather will remain in the capital through January 17.
"On January 16. Thursday, it is cloudy in the capital with occasional snow and blizzard. The wind in south-west, 9-14 m/s, with gusts up to 15-20 m/s. The temperature at night is -4 -6°C, and in the daytime 0 -2°C", promise forecasters. On January 17 partly cloudy weather is expected in the capital, occasional snow at night. The wind will be west, 9-14 m/s, with gusts at night up to 15-18 m/s. The temperature at night will be -11 -13°C, and in the daytime -6 -8°C.
In addition, according to the message from the press service of the Ministry of emergency situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, today in Astana due to the weather deterioration (blizzard, poor view) from 09.00 16.01.2014 the traffic is blocked on the following roads: Astana-Kostanay, Astana-Karaganda, and Astana-Kokshetau for all vehicles.
Today 392 vehicles have been put into the streets of Astana to clean the streets of the capital from the snow. This was reported to astana.kz in the press service of the LLP "Astana-Tazalyk". Over a day 713 units of equipment were used in Astana, and they removed more than 978 000 tons of snow to special landfills.