Schools classes for first-shift pupils of grades 1-4 and second-shift pupils of grades 1-9 were cancelled in Astana today due to cold weather, ITAR-TASS reports.
Temperatures in Astana dropped to -27-29 C at night. Wind speeds reached 5m/s. The temperature reached -25 C today.
Local rescuers have saved 50 people stuck on a broken bus on the Alma-Ata – Yekaterinburg road yesterday.