| Smoke shrouded Moscow |
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| Written by Natascia |
| Saturday, 07 August 2010 16:24 |
The smoke produced by forest and vegetation fires have enveloped Moscow Friday morning, where the atmospheric temperature would approach the value of 40 degrees Celsius, so that the Russian capital and forcing residents to use masks to breathe. On the street, passers-by were affected by smoke, and, since the first time, the temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. Many Moscow residents wore protective masks, whose sales have soared in recent days, while others covered their face with a handkerchief. "The smoke invading the whole city, the situation  gets worse, "said Alexei Popikov, director of public enterprise charged with environmental protection Mosecomonitoring for the TV station Kanal Parva. reduced visibility, only 375 meters, has disrupted the functioning of Domodedovo airport (south of Moscow)." We allow the planes taking off without restrictions, but in terms of landings, flight commanders are those who take this decision, "said airport spokeswoman, Elena Galanova. Six planes have landed at other airports in Moscow and the Kazan (800 km east of Russian capital), she said.  "By Thursday evening, there is a noticeable increase in air pollution level (...). We expect a very strong pollution," said an official of the Department of Environmental Protection in Moscow. The concentration of toxic particles multiplied by 20 times on Wednesday, when, in the capital, was the highest recorded level of pollution, said Yevgenia Semutnikova, director Mosecomonitoring. "It's a good reason to quit to get out on the street, so those old, children under three, pregnant women, people with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, as well as healthy people," she told the daily Gazeta Rosiskaia. Summer of 2010 is to beat all the records recorded in Moscow heat from the commencement date of monitoring temperature, 130 years ago, according to the weather service. Last week in the capital saw a record amount of air temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius. Tens of thousands of firefighters, soldiers and rescuers continue to fight forest fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares in the west of the country, and after which 52 people died. The link between hot weather and floods in Central Russia High atmospheric pressure area located over Russia is due both to excessive temperatures in this country, which led to drought and fires, as well as floods that have affected, starting in May, Central Europe, including Romania, reports the Financial Times. "From the Atlantic cyclones (which bring clouds) over all Europe, were blocked by high atmospheric pressure area above the (territory) of Russia. It's like they would hit a wall, stopping and shifting the round in the end zone, "said Andras Reis, spokeswoman for the Hungarian Meteorological Service. The result of this phenomenon have been strong rainfall, especially in June, which caused major flooding in Hungary, but also in neighboring countries like Slovakia and Romania. ziaruldeiasi.ro
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