St. Petersburg was flooded due to "Ikarus", by the evening the water will rise even higher
The next, 303rd flood in St. Petersburg, which occurred last night, is an echo of the strongest cyclone called "Ikarus", who raged for two days over Kaliningrad. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, at 02:15 Moscow time the maximum water rise in the Neva was recorded 179 centimeters above the orderly (critical mark - 160 cm). Cyclone caused a storm on the sea - last night, the wind speed over the Baltic water area reached 20-25 m/s, reports "meteononics" .