Vitebsk received one and a half times the decadal precipitation norm in 24 hours

December 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Vitebsk received one and a half decadal norms of precipitation over the past day, the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring informed a BELTA correspondent. The snow cover depth in the regional center reached 30 cm, closely approaching the 1937 record of 31 cm. In the coming days, snowfalls in the region will cease, and frosts will set in. On New Year's night, the thermometer will drop to 6-11 degrees Celsius below zero. In the first days of January, it will get even colder: forecasters predict 13-18 degrees Celsius below zero during the day and up to minus 27 degrees at night. As Andrey Shoretz, Head of the Housing and Communal Services Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent, all resources are involved in eliminating the consequences of snowfall. Equipment and personnel are working in an enhanced mode. Vitebsk and the eastern regions of the oblast are the most affected by the adverse weather. In other districts, precipitation did not cause significant trouble for utility workers. -0-