Snow in April is not unusual in the central strip of Russia. However, drifts of 30-40 cm - this is already too much. Three days from 21 to 23 April weather experienced residents of the CFD, and especially Kirov for strength. 123% of the monthly rate for a couple of days!.

Strong precipitation in the form of snow paralyzed the city. The absolute record of April 1982 is broken. On the night of April 22 a strong wind turned a heavy snow into a blizzard. On Monday, residents of the city dug out their cars from drifts, skidded wagons and trolleybuses, communal utilities failed to cope with the problem. At the intersection of Mayakovsky Street and Oktyabrsky Prospekt, such a congestion of trolleybuses was formed, which had to be dismantled by soldiers from the military unit.

Drifts on the sidewalks prevented pedestrians. 88 Accidents happened in one day. In the city, classes in schools were canceled. Teachers sent this information via SMS. 23 the warming began to 0 degrees, but now wet was accompanied by wind up to 20 m / s. On Tuesday the warming began.

A little better was the weather in the Perm region, Kostroma region. Storm from the capital moved to the Volga and North-Western districts, where it left without electricity a number of districts.