Minus-40-degree frosts are returning to Sverdlovsk Oblast.

      As soon as tomorrow, January 20, anomalous cold will return to Sverdlovsk Oblast. According to the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, by midweek temperatures of up to −43°C are expected in some places.

      The Siberian cold will begin to move west, initially affecting the extreme north of the region, and on January 21, with the weakening influence of the cyclone, much of it. The strongest frosts of −32 to −37°C, locally down to −40 to −43°C, are expected on January 22–23, the weather station's website clarifies.

      The drop in temperature is linked to a northern cyclone that will cover the European part of Russia on Tuesday, January 20. For the same reason, precipitation will persist in the Middle Urals, Ura.Ru reports. According to Gismeteo, frosts will arrive in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, January 21. And the mercury will fall most sharply on January 22–23.

      Earlier, meteorologists said that February in Sverdlovsk Oblast will be warmer than usual.

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In central Yekaterinburg, a fence by the bridge over the river collapsed because of drifting foreign cars. Residents of Yekaterinburg noticed this morning, January 19, that several sections of the metal railing on the bridge over the Iset River on Kuybysheva Street had fallen into the river. Some districts of Yekaterinburg have been left without heating and hot water. Parts of the Leninsky and Verkh-Isetsky districts of Yekaterinburg were left without heating and hot water due to a utility accident — all because of a rupture in the main pipeline on Obyezdnaya Street. Abnormally cold temperatures as low as -42°C will persist in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Severe frosts are returning to the Urals. According to forecasters, until the end of this week we can expect temperatures below -30 degrees even during daytime hours. As reported by the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, In Yekaterinburg, the tallest RMK slide in Russia and the ice rink are being closed. Frosts have returned to the Urals, and along with them Sverdlovsk residents will be deprived of their fun winter activities. Slides and ice rinks will be closed for at least three days. Thus, from January 21 the operation of the huge RMK slide and the rink at this location has been suspended until Friday, January 23. It has been revealed who in Sverdlovsk Oblast won more than 300 million rubles in the lottery. A young mother from Sverdlovsk Oblast won 333 million rubles in the "New Year's Billion." The press service of the State Lottery reports. One of the four multimillionaires of the New Year's draw was the young mother, an educational psychologist from a small settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Natalia Lokhmatova. The cost of constructing the interchange at "Kalina" exceeded 9 billion rubles. In Yekaterinburg, the cost of construction of the interchange near "Kalina" has risen to 9 billion 88 million rubles. The corresponding information appeared on the State Procurement portal.

Minus-40-degree frosts are returning to Sverdlovsk Oblast.

As early as tomorrow, January 20, anomalous cold will return to Sverdlovsk Oblast. According to the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, by midweek temperatures in some places are expected to drop to as low as -43 °C.