Heavy rain caused traffic collapse in Moscow

Forecasters predicted that today, June 28, by evening in Moscow, up to 70% of the monthly precipitation rate may fall. However, the downpour covered the capital by 13:00. In some places, visibility dropped to seven meters. Gusts of wind knocked down trees, tore off insulation and even roofs from buildings - in particular, a large fragment of the roof fell from a building on Pravdy Street. And then the streams of water flooded a number of streets, including sections of the Moscow Ring Road and the Third Transport Ring in the area of tunnels, Borovskoye highway.

The tracks on the open section of the Filevskaya line of the Moscow metro were also flooded due to heavy rainfall, the Interfax news agency reported. Trains were suspended on the Bagrationovskaya - Kuntsevskaya section in both directions, "the source said. It was reported that traffic on the" orange "line of the Moscow metro was suspended flooding of the Yasenevo station, for some time there was no train movement from the Teply Stan station to the Novoyasenevskaya station. The O Chevids publish the streams of water that flooded the underground structures of the Fili MCD station.

Photos of the corridors of the first floor of the Ostankino television center flooded with water have also appeared on the Internet.

Most of the city of Shchelkovo near Moscow and several nearby settlements were also de-energized due to a thunderstorm. This also became the reason for the shutdown of the water intake unit. The press service of the city administration told Interfax that the cause of the accident was a lightning strike at the central electrical substation.