“A woman died and a child and a woman were injured as a result of a tree falling on Yuri Gagarin Avenue,” the publication said.
Heavy rain, thunderstorms and hurricanes covered St. Petersburg after more than 30 degrees of heat. Wind gusts reached 31 meters per second.
There were reports of damage to 10 vehicles. And at one of the construction sites, located on Bolshevikov Avenue, a tower crane collapsed.
According to local media reports, traffic lights in the city also fell and roofs were torn off in some places.
Pulkovo Airport was closed to aircraft for some time; bad weather also affected the movement of electric trains.
