May Day cyclone knocked down a portal crane and cut wires in the south of Sakhalin

Several districts of the regional center were left without electricity

A cyclone that raged on May 1 in the south of Sakhalin knocked down a portal crane in the port of Korsakov and left several areas of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk without electricity.

According to residents of Korsakov, a strong wind knocked down one of the cranes on the quay of the northern port. At the moment, the port is storming, water floods the pier and equipment.

Residents of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk report that on the outskirts of gusts of wind and due to impending ice, wires were cut off along Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, at the turn to Troitskoye and in the courtyards of residential buildings along Krainaya Street.

Also in the regional center there were several emergency shutdowns. There is no light in the houses along the streets:

Prospect Mira;

st. Mountain;

st. Green;

st. Career;

st. Komsomolskaya;

st. Extreme;

st. Michurin;

st. Ozernaya;

st. Pioneer;

st. Industrial;

st. Spring;

st. Telman;

st. Ukrainian;

st. Factory;

st. Physical culture;

st. Apple;

per. Free;

per. Physical culture;

Also, residents of the village of Klyuchi and the planning area Novo-Aleksandrovsk, as well as Khomutovo and Oktyabrskoye, report about the disconnection from the power supply. Traffic lights do not work on the roads. According to the “Distribution Networks” branch, the light should be given by 12 o’clock.

As reported in the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Sakhalin Region, on May 1, five regions of southern Sakhalin were affected by the cyclone: ​​Yuzhno-Sakhalinsky, Makarovsky, Dolinsky, Anivsky, Korsakovsky. Meteorologists transmit heavy precipitation in the form of sleet with rain, wind 15-20 m / s.