- Title: RUSSIA: MOSCOVITES STRUGGLE TO BREATHE AS HEAVY SMOG COVERS CAPITAL
- Date: 2nd September 2002
- Summary: (U3) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 02, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS: SMOG COVERING RED SQUARE 0.11 2. LV: SMOG OVER ST. BASIL'S CATHEDRAL 0.17 3. WS: SMOG OVER KREMLIN AND MOSCOW RIVER 0.24 4. LV: SMOG OVER CHRIST THE SAVIOUR CATHEDRAL 0.32 5. LV/SLV: DISTANT BRIDGE BARELY SEEN THROUGH SMOG (2 SHOTS) 0.46 6. MV: PEDESTRIANS 0.51 7. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) SERGEI, SAYING: "It's hard to breathe and you can't see anything. I think the nation needs to take some measures to alleviate this." 0.59 8. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) VYACHESLAVA, SAYING: "I would have ordered that some additional water canals would be created so that we would have had water reserves to fight these fires." 1.11 9. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LYUDMILLA, SAYING: "It's difficult weather because you wake up at night because you can't breathe so you go over and close the window and then it feels hot." 1.24 10. GV'S: SMOG OVER CITY (2 SHOTS) 1.38 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
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- Story Text: Heavy smog has covered the Russian capital of Moscow,
making it difficult for people to breathe and see.
The thick smog has pushed carbon monoxide levels from
two to three times higher than their normal level, according
to Russian meteorologists.
The smog has been a reoccurring danger in Moscow
throughout the summer, rising up from hundreds of small fires
and burning peat bogs surrounding the city.
Authorities are practically helpless to combat the
underground peat bog fires in what has been one of the driest
summers on record.
Muscovites and visitors in the capital complained that
the smog made it difficult to live and hoped that the
government could do something to clear the skies.
"It's hard to breathe and you can't see anything. I think
the nation needs to take some measures to alleviate this,"
said Sergei.
"I would have ordered that some additional water canals
would be created so that we would have had water reserves to
fight these fires," said Vyacheslava.
"It's difficult weather because you wake up at night
because you can't breathe so you go over and close the window
and then it feels hot," said Lyudmilla.
Rainfall would likely help put out the peat bog fires
and eliminate the smog, according to meteorologists, but no
rain is forecast for the coming week.
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