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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| A state of emergency has been declared in the Smolensk region following a powerful hurricane. |
| 2026-08-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] A natural disaster has been declared following a powerful hurricane with heavy rain and gale-force winds in the Smolensk region.The regional government press service reported this on August 6. "A powerful cyclone with heavy rain and squalls swept through the Rudnyansky, Demidovsky, Dukhovshchinsky, Yartsevsky, Dorogobuzhsky, Glinkovsky, Kardymovsky, and Smolensky municipal districts. Smolensk suffered the most," the statement added. An operational headquarters is operating under the orders of Governor Vasily Anokhin. Approximately 15,000 customers were left without power, and 34 power lines were damaged. Dispatch services received 846 outage requests in the last hour. Forty-two teams, including 128 specialists and 51 pieces of equipment, have been deployed to address the aftermath of the disaster. Power workers are doing everything possible to restore power as quickly as possible. According to the regional branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, similar weather is expected on August 7. Wind gusts up to 18 m/s are expected, along with possible power outages and fallen trees. Earlier, Smolensk Mayor Alexander Novikov reported that a powerful hurricane in the city resulted in two deaths. The victims were a child born in 2017 and a woman. |
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