August "dried" most of Russian regions, Vilfand says

The last summer month was arid in most regions of Russia, in some areas there was no precipitation for the whole August, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand said.

"In the European part of the Russian Federation, August was dry. In the center of European Russia, in the Moscow region, 18% of precipitation fell, in Moscow  - 3 mm of precipitation, which is 4-5% of the norm. In the Ryazan region - 38% , in Yaroslavl - 34%, in Vladimir - 15%, in Kaluga - 23%. All this led to a fire danger increase,” Vilfand said, TASS reports.