Electricity supply was immediately cut off in 13 localities in the Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin region due to high winds and snowfall, reports the service Sakhalin Oblast Government Press Release.
13 colonies & mdash; 1,853 people, 965 houses, 47 socially significant objects, 12 boiler rooms. The hospital, boarding school, retirement home and boiler rooms are supplied by emergency power sources, fuel supply for seven days', & ndash ; The report says.
Power outages are also recorded in the districts of Okha, Nogliki and Uglegorsk. & nbsp;
The region was affected by a cyclone which brought heavy precipitation with snow, wind gusts reach 35 m/s. As a result of the bad weather, dozens of trees were felled, the roofs of several buildings were badly damaged.
Earlier it was reported the death of a resident of the city of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky under the debris of the roof, which was blown away by the wind.