On the night of Tuesday, August 21, a hurricane swept through the city on the Neva and the outskirts. Its consequences were severe: the light went out, the transport worked intermittently, the electric trains moved with great delays. In the Vsevolozhsk District without electricity left three villages. About this FlashNord told a representative of the regional state institution of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The data that power supply was cut off in Sertolovo, Elizavetink and Vartemagi, arrived in the regional crisis management center this morning. In these settlements live eight thousand people. It is reported that the light went out due to an accident caused by a strong wind, gusts of which reached 20 m / s. At present, specialists of Lenenergo are carrying out restoration work in a special mode due to the bad weather, the rampant development of which continues in the region. "On operational duty there are 171 brigade - 614 people - and 185 units of special equipment, noted in" Lenenergo ".

Local management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation warned of the bad weather the day before, and yet it was not possible to avoid troubles, the "Fifth Channel". Users of social networks write about fallen trees in yards. and here and there the trunks were crushed by cars. Fortunately, according to preliminary data, there are no victims or victims. Interruptions in the movement of commuter trains, according to the press service of the October Railway, occurred on the Ladoga and resort areas. The delay time is from 20 minutes to two hours.