Russia's weather center issued an orange weather warning on Tuesday as heavy snowfall threatened to disrupt traffic in Moscow.
Warning of rising wind speeds as a weather front moved into central Russia from the south, the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia said 12-15 centimeters of snow was expected to fall on Tuesday, the TASS news agency reported.
The new alert follows a week of heavy snowfall in Moscow. Since the start of the month 77 centimeters of snow has fallen in the capital — more than twice the average for January, TASS said.
The storm follows an outlandishly warm start to the Russian winter, with temperatures in the capital dropping below zero only in late December.
More than 18,000 machines and 60,000 people have been deployed in the city to clear snow, according to TASS.
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