The traffic police do not recommend leaving cars near trees due to the approaching hurricane "Nicholas"

February 8, Minsk /BELTA/. Drivers should avoid parking their cars under trees due to the approaching hurricane "Nicholas" to Belarus. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Main Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The State Automobile Inspectorate warns that the hurricane can significantly worsen the road situation and urges citizens to refrain from using personal vehicles if possible and opt for public transport. As a reminder, the cyclonic vortex that formed over the Eastern Atlantic on Monday was moving eastward at a speed of 100 km/h, and by this morning its center was already located over Sweden. At the same time, in the southern Baltic Sea, the Danish Straits, northern Germany and Poland, and on the coast of Lithuania and Latvia, the wind reached hurricane force. By midday, "Nicholas" will approach the Gulf of Finland, and its atmospheric fronts will bring precipitation to Belarus in the form of wet snow and rain, and a sharp increase in wind speed up to 15-22 meters per second, and in some places up to 25-27 meters per second. This weather will persist overnight. The Republican Hydrometeorological Center has issued a storm warning to all regions of the country. The public, especially the elderly and sick, are advised to stay at home if possible. -0-