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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Roscosmos shows footage of the snowstorm of the century in the Far East |
| 2024-11-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The snowstorm of the century that hit the Far East was captured by satellites. Roscosmos shared the photos and videos on its Telegram channel. The footage was taken by Meteor-M, Elektro-L and Arktika-M. "A powerful cyclone hit the district. The atmospheric vortex came from the Korean Peninsula and brought with it hurricane-force winds and record snowfall," the company said. It was noted that, despite the extreme conditions, the Vostochny Cosmodrome staff continued to prepare the Soyuz rocket for launch. Its launch with the Kondor-FKA No. 2 satellite is scheduled for November 30. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 27, a state of emergency was declared in Blagoveshchensk due to the snowstorm of the century that hit the city, during which three monthly precipitation norms fell. It was specified that in connection with this, the city service and trade complex and the attracted equipment were clearing snow around the clock, and school students were transferred to distance learning until November 29 inclusive. Later, leading specialist of the Meteonovosti news agency Tatyana Pozdnyakova noted that the snowstorm should be completely over by the weekend. According to her, such storms are not a very rare phenomenon in the Far East region, where the passage of southern cyclones is often observed at the beginning of winter and the end of autumn, bringing high air temperatures, warming, and then snowfalls, snowstorms, etc. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Arctic winds, down from Siberia picking up moisture from the yellow sea, bounces over the Koreas. I've never been so cold and I was born and raised in Chicago. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-29 09:51 |