Storm hits Kyiv and region: social media reports fallen 150-year-old chestnut and damaged roof

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On April 26 in Kyiv, due to the gale, trees were toppled, including the 150-year-old "Ivashchenko's Chestnut", traffic disrupted on Konyiskoho Street. In Vyshhorod, a roof was torn off, bad weather also in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk.

In Kyiv on April 26, dangerous situations arose on the roads due to the gale. This is reported by UNN referring to the Patrol Police of Kyiv.

What is the situation in the capital?

Currently, due to a fallen tree on Oleksandra Konyiskoho Street, traffic is complicated in the direction of Pavlivska Street.

Relevant services are already working on site.

Social media also reports hail and squally winds.

According to the Telegram channel Trukha, the "Ivashchenko's Chestnut" broke – an old tree in the capital's center, over 150 years old. Since 2013, it has had the status of a botanical monument.

In addition, the elements uprooted [trees] at VDNKh, where the book festival "Book Country" is taking place.

Fourth day of Book Country. What do you think, will it subside by midday? The only hope for that 

- writer Iryna Katsimon reported and showed a video. 

Kyiv region is also suffering from bad weather

In the Kyiv region, bad weather is also raging. As reported on social media, in Vyshhorod, squally winds tore the roof off a building.

Reminder 

In Lviv, due to strong winds on April 26, trees fell on Khvylovoho Street, Shevchenka Street, and others. In Ivano-Frankivsk, a tree fell on Sichovykh Striltsiv Street.

Oleksandra Vasylenko Kyiv
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