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Snow and long traffic jams everywhere. We look at the consequences of "Cassandra" in Tyumen
This morning, Tyumen residents are experiencing the aftermath of the invasion of Cassandra. Yesterday, the city saw its first snowfall, but the precipitation did not end there. The city was covered in white. It sounds romantic, but in reality, the situation is much more ordinary. It is cold outside, the roads are dirty, and taxi prices have risen.
— On October 11, Tyumen is expected to have cloudy weather, with light snowfall at night and in the morning. Wind gusts up to 12 m/s. 0 during the day... -2, -3 at night... -5. A drop to -6...-9 was detected. Ilya Vinshtein, head of the project "Weather 72 - Weather in Tyumen", predicted a temperature 7 degrees below normal.
The situation is not much better in other parts of Tyumen. Since early morning, readers have been sending us photos of dirty roads. For example, there is Moskovskoe Shosse. Polyclinic No. 5 is nearby.
"Where is all the snow removal equipment? With the administration again? In short, if this continues, the winter will be sad," wrote Tyumen.
Residents of the Zarechny district of Tyumen also note the fact that the roads are not cleared of snow.
"Our janitors worked perfectly. The area around the house is cleared. And there is hell everywhere," he told the editorial board of 72.RU.
The Main Construction Directorate of the Tyumen Region reported that special road service equipment evenly distributed anti-icing material along the roadways of regional roads.
Taxi prices have skyrocketed and traffic congestion in the city has risen to 9 points.
As often happens in the morning, the cost of a taxi ride in Tyumen has increased. Today, something even more dramatic than usual happened. You will have to pay several hundred rubles to use a taxi. And in some cases, the cost reaches almost 1,000 rubles.
On Friday morning there were long delays on the roads. Traffic jams in the Moskovsky, Zakaluzhskaya, Strela, Klara Zetkin, Chernyshevsky, Lenin, Chelyuskintsev areas.
Forecaster Vinshtein predicted -4 degrees on the night of October 12, during the day the temperature warmed up to +1 degree. The probability of precipitation is 1%. On Sunday night it will be colder - up to -9 degrees, and during the day it will be warmer - +3 degrees. The probability of precipitation is 0%.
Earlier we reported that due to the weather situation, Tyumen drivers were queuing for tire fitting. Due to the increased demand, you may have to wait to change your car's brake pads.