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6 May 2013, 13:03

Storm warning is announced in Bashkiria

In Bashkiria storm warning is announced: under the forecast of meteorologists, occasional squalls of wind are possible. The wind-speed increase to 21-26 metres per second (75-105 km/h) is expected, the head of the Bashkir Directorate of Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of Environment Yuriy Ferapontov informed.
According to Beaufort scale of wind, it is a storm, capable to drop trees, columns, damage roofs. Inhabitants of the republic faced similar results of natural disaster in 2007.
The probability of emergency situations occurrence increases: breakages of electric mains and communications, collapses of fairly fixed, large-format and shabby structures, the Bashkir Ministry for Emergency Measures warns.
Author:Olga Murtazina
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