Russian Far East: Santa Claus came with blizzard

New Year came to the Russian Pacific coast with snowstorms as a cyclone reached land, last night.

Weather experts forecast snow-drifts and ice on the roads, wind velocity 18 to 23 metres/second, to get worse within the day.

Vladivostok-major Pacific seaport and administrative centre of the Littoral Territory-is on the alert, snow-cleaning vehicles and relief services on round-the-clock duty, report municipal PR.