There are no conditions for an ice storm in Moscow now, a deputy mayor's spokesman, Igor Pergamenshchik, said Friday night.
Earlier some media carried reports that some districts of the Russian capital have come under freezing rain again like in early January.
"A front is passing through the city that will result in precipitation in the form of light snow, but this will not end in freezing rain due to meteorological conditions, because the air temperature overhead and on the ground is below zero," Pergamenshchik said.
Massive blackouts began around Moscow and in other areas in central Russia after an ice storm in late December. The Tver, Nizhny Novgorod, Pskov and Smolensk regions were affected.
It was raining for two days and drops of water froze immediately on power transmission lines and electrical wires. Gales broke frozen trees, which fell on wires, disrupting electricity supplies in entire districts. Power outages continued into early January.
MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti)
