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Storm winds with gusts of up to 19 meters per second affected Moscow on Thursday.
Storm winds with gusts of up to 19 meters per second covered Moscow on Thursday.
The wind will begin to subside after 6 p.m. and there is still a threat of trees falling.
MOSCOW, September 24 - RIA Novosti. A storm wind with gusts of up to 19 meters per second covered Moscow on Thursday; it will begin to subside after 18:00, leading specialist at the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets told RIA Novosti.
“The wind (in Moscow - ed.) is east, southeast 7-12 meters per second, gusts up to storm force 13-19 meters per second,” Tishkovets said.
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The wind will begin to subside after 6 p.m.
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