A chunk of ice broke off from the West Tower, flying about 40 stories high and piercing the glass roof of the Federation Tower in Moscow's commercial center. This was reported by Mash Telegram channel.
According to him, a block of ice almost hit a person.
“+1 for the aftermath of Hurricane Francis,” the announcement noted.
The video recording the scene of the iceberg accident was posted by the Moscow online Telegram channel.
At the end of the New Year holidays, heavy snowfall caused by the southern storm “Francis” hit Moscow and the Moscow region. In some areas, up to two-thirds of the average monthly rainfall fell overnight.
The Russian Hydrometeorological Center reported that the snowfall in Moscow on January 9 was among the 5 heaviest snowfalls in the past 146 years. According to them, the amount of rain that fell that day was 21.4 mm (40% of the monthly norm). As a result, the rainfall record for this date has been updated; before that, the championship lasted until January 9, 1976 with a record of 12.9 mm.
