Snowmageddon in Moscow: nearly three feet of snow on ground

MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The Meteorological Observatory of Lomonosov Moscow State University recorded 80 centimeters of snow sitting on the ground in some parts of Moscow, the most ever in the 72 years of meteorological observations in the capital, the university’s press service told TASS.

TASS has compiled the main information about the situation.

- The Meteorological Observatory of Moscow State University logged a record-high snow cover height on February 20-80 centimeters – the highest in the 72-year history of observations.

- Moscow’s Vnukovo district, with the heaviest precipitation recorded, was one of the snowiest places on Earth in the last 24 hours, the World Meteorological Organization told TASS.

- On the night of February 19, a heavy snowfall hit the Moscow Region, caused by a cyclone that arrived in Central Russia from the north of the Adriatic Sea.