"Superliven" flooded streets of Saint Petersburg, citizens vainly try to hide under umbrellas

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"Superliven" fell upon Saint Petersburg and its vicinities in the evening of Monday, August 2. Specialists of "Vodokanal" were ready to that in the city 80% of monthly norm of a precipitation will drop out, however streets and sidewalks all the same flooded. As correspondents of the NEVSKY NEWS reported, to some districts of the city got especially strongly: so, in the center of Saint Petersburg the storm sewerage does not cope with water flows, on Garden cars, as well as pedestrians, literally "bathe" in dirty water. Also flooded the area about the Finnish station, employees by own efforts try to cope with a flood...