The thickest snow fell in the century, Moscow sunk in the white winter

Russia's capital, Moscow, has spent the most of a century in white, with cars and roads that are full of white because of low visibility.

Moscow, Russia on February 4 was sunk in a "snow blanket" .Within 24 hours, snow has dropped to half a meter thick, setting a record for snowfall over the past 100 years, since the weather tracking system has started to operate so far.

Severe weather has caused a series of traffic disruptions and made it difficult for people's lives.Cold rains cut skin and heavy snowfall, leaving at least one person dead in Moscow, more than 2,000 trees falling.

"A person was killed after a tree fell and touched the power line," said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.Severe weather also caused widespread power outages in Moscow.

Moscow mayor said all the city's services are in the state of maximum reinforcement to deal with the situation.Some military units are deployed to help clear snow in Moscow and the surrounding area.

Moscow authorities ordered not to force students to go to school on February 5, people were encouraged to use public transport instead of private cars.More than 100 flights from Moscow have also been delayed.

Moscow provincial governor Andrei Vorobeiv (different from Moscow capital) has declared a state of emergency for this area and requires all public transport services to operate in an emergency state, clearing snow on the way to avoid danger.

Snow makes roads dangerous for both cars and pedestrians.Images and videos show that Moscow people struggle to walk in low visibility because of heavy snowfall.

Moscow's weather in December 2017 also broke another record when it became the least light month.

Russia in the thickest "snow blanket" in over 100 years.

Despite the disadvantages that snow brings, many people have gone on social networks to express their joy in seeing a "true Russian winter" after relatively recent winters.

While the police were struggling in the cold snow with the hat of ushanka typical of Russian winter, many people still took advantage of taking "selfie" photos with this rare extreme weather condition.