![Breaking up Syas River in Leningrad Region](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F281%2F14%2F2811450_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERhbmljaGV2ICMyODExNDUw_116%3A95_sputnik-2811450-preview_668f0171cf45333b21f1928e6c484f66.jpg)
![Breaking up Syas River in Leningrad Region](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F281%2F14%2F2811450_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERhbmljaGV2ICMyODExNDUw_116%3A95_sputnik-2811450-preview_668f0171cf45333b21f1928e6c484f66.jpg)
Emergencies Ministry officers check the results after blowing up ice on the Syas River in the Volkhov district of the Leningrad Region, to prevent ice blockage and flooding of the surrounding towns during spring flood.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Weather
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 22.03.2016
- Date published: 22.03.2016
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3612x2355px, 6.6Mb