A record snow depth for all years of meteorological observation was recorded today in Vitebsk

October 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A record snow depth for all years of meteorological observation was recorded on October 31 in Vitebsk, Lyudmila Borodenok, leading engineer-meteorologist of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, told a BELTA correspondent. Heavy snowfalls that occurred in the region in the past few days, and were especially powerful on October 30, were brought by a southern cyclone. As a result, as of the morning of October 31, the snow cover depth increased by an average of 6-20 cm, reaching 12-26 cm. In the regional center, today set a new record for snow cover depth for all years of meteorological observation: it reached 18 cm, exceeding the measurement result of 1966 by 11 cm. In terms of regions of the oblast, the greatest snow depth was recorded in Lepel (26 cm) and Polotsk (20 cm), and the least, 4 cm, in Sharkovshchina. Not only car owners, whose accidents due to weather conditions have become more frequent these days, but also pedestrians did not take into account the treacherous weather. Thus, from October 30 to the morning of October 31, more than 190 people with injuries sought medical attention at the trauma center of the Vitebsk City Emergency Clinical Hospital, which is twice the usual number of visits. Fractures of arms and legs, knee ligament injuries, and ankle injuries were mainly recorded. In this regard, doctors recommend everyone to be more careful and choose footwear and clothing appropriate for the weather. According to meteorologists' forecasts, on November 1, the weather in the region will begin to change towards autumn. Heavy precipitation in the form of wet snow, turning into rain, is expected in Vitebsk on Friday. -0-