Several roads in Crimea are blocked due to the elements – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

In the Saki region, traffic between the towns of Mityaevo and Trudovoye is limited. There, an electricity pole fell on the road. Traffic is also limited near the village of Morskoye, near Sudak.

It was previously reported that the Saki-Evpatoria highway was blocked. Here the sea has flooded the road, all the cars are diverted.

Also at night, trolleybus circulation on the Simferopol-Yalta route was suspended. All passengers and drivers stuck on this mountain road are evacuated by bus.

Hurricane-force winds with gusts of up to 40 meters per second hit Crimea this afternoon. About 40 thousand inhabitants were left without electricity, dozens of trees were downed, power lines downed and in some places there were interruptions in the gas supply. The storm is expected to begin to subside overnight Sunday into Monday. The first day of the week in Crimea and Sevastopol has been declared non-working.