24 people were rescued from snow drifts in Kostanay region

In the emergency department of the Kostanay region, they warn against going to the highway in bad weather For the day on duty on March 6, units of the emergency department of the Kostanay region conducted 4 emergency rescue operations on the territory of the Naurzum, Kamystinsky, Karasu districts. 24 people were rescued, 8 of them children, informs Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the ministry, 10 employees and 4 units of special equipment participated in the elimination of the consequences of the emergency. In total, four temporary roadblocks, emergency situations, and DP are on duty on the ground, 4 heating points for 160 seats have been prepared. There is no accumulation of vehicles," the press service said. Due to the deterioration of weather conditions, a storm warning has been announced. In the emergency department of Kostanay region, they warn against going to the highway in bad weather. According to Kazhydromet, an Atlantic cyclone will shift from west to east on the territory of Kazakhstan, the unstable nature of the weather promises heavy precipitation in the form of snow and rain with a grass-roots blizzard, gusty winds and icy phenomena, in the south of the country in the form of rain. Heavy precipitation (rain, snow) is expected in the east, March 7 in the northwest, north, center, March 8 in the south, March 8-9 in the southeast of the country. Only on March 8-9 in the west, on March 9 in the center of the country, precipitation is predicted to stop," forecasters report. Fogs are expected in the republic. At the end of the period, the temperature background is expected to decrease at night in the northern, central, eastern regions of the country to 7-17 frost, in the southern regions at night to 5 frost - 5 heat, in the afternoon to 5-12 heat. 

Source: www.kt.kz