Penza, 2 May 2012. PenzaNews. A powerful cyclone, which came to the territory of the Penza region from the northwest, has not brought great damage. Sergey Kozlov, the head of the main department of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Penza region told news agency PenzaNews about it on Wednesday, May 2.

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Peak of the hurricane in the Penza region was observed at night. In particular, wind gusting up to 30 meters per second struck the Serdobsk area. As a result of the cyclone, trees, fences and billboards have been beaten down and several roofs have been blown off. However, the wind has not brought much damage,” he said.

According to Sergey Kozlov, Penza rescuers were ready for a hurricane, and quickly came into action during its peak.

“There had been two storm warnings before the squally wind struck our region. The consequences of the storm were predictable,” the source said.