Minsk Flooded: Traffic Jams Of Up To 10 Points On City Roads

(updated) Bad weather is to preserve till 11 pm.

The traffic movement in the Independence Avenue in Minsk is complicated due to bad weather, Veranika Ramankova, Senior Inspector of the Department for Propaganda and Agitation of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Municipal Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, told BelTA.

"According to available information, at the moment the traffic in the Independence Avenue is difficult at the exit of the city. In particular, flooding is on the Talbukhin and Surganau Streets, "- Veranika Ramankova said.

The Minsk State Traffic Inspectorate recommends that drivers take this information into account when planning their trips. Also pay attention to the importance of compliance with the speed limit and distance. Because of wet asphalt, the risk of minor accidents increases.

According to the Republican Center for Hydrometeorology, Control of Radioactive Pollution and Environmental Monitoring of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the bad weathe ris to preserve till 11 p.m.

According to tut.by, the Minskers write about this in the social networks. For example, here is the video of the flooded Independence Avenue in the area of the Chaliuskintsau Park.

Here is the area from the Chaliuskintsau Park to the Academy of Sciences.

The Valhahradskaya Street has also been flooded.

According to the data provided by the service Yandex Traffic Jams, the situation in Minsk roads is assessed at 10 points. The movement is seriously complicated in the streets Hamarnika, Mirashnichenka, Yakub Kolas, Surhanava, Niamiha, Lenin, Pershamaiskaya, Kazlou, Aranskaya and Smalenskaya. The Masherau Avenue and Independence Avenue are also blocked (from Babruiskaya Street to Haradzki Val Street and from Lenin Street to Yanka Kupala Street). The situation in the Lahoiski Drive and some areas of the Minsk belt road is also tense.