The material is available only to
POZIRK+Cichanoŭskaja meets with Latvian president
The material is available only to
POZIRK+
Temperatures plunge to record lows in eastern Belarus on January 18
January 18, Pozirk. Belarusian weather stations recorded seven new overnight record low temperatures in eastern Belarus after a cold spell hit the country on January 12, according to Pozirk‘s analysis of the Biełhidramiet’s data.
Record lows were set in the Mahiloŭ region’s Kličaŭ (-29.3 degrees Celsius), Babrujsk (-28), Mścisłaŭ (-24.7 C), Minsk region’s Bierazino (-26.2 C), Viciebsk region’s Orša (-26.2 C), Homiel region’s Brahin (-25.2) and Akciabrski (-24 C).
New low temperature records were set for three consecutive nights in Kličaŭ, Orša and Bierazino, and for five nights in a row in Mścisłaŭ.
The values are comparable to the absolute record low for the night of January 18, -32.8 C, set in Viciebsk in 1940.
Biełhidramiet expects the cold spell to persist for at least two more days.
Energy ministry braces for cold snap following heavy snowstorms
January 12, Pozirk. Belarusian energy suppliers have been placed on high alert ahead of a cold spell expected to hit Belarus in the coming days, the energy ministry's press office reports. Authorities monitor closely substation equipment and power lines, with …
