By this time of year, boats are usually plying the ice-free Ob, but in 2018, while the winter covering the river has begun to move, it has not cleared.
Thick ice and heavy spring floods combines to cause severe flooding in Yakutia. Specialists numbering around 100 have been moved from Baikal Search and Rescue Unit (Irkutsk region) and the Siberian Rescue Centre (Novosibirsk region) have been moved the the stricken region.
State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.
At least 90 left homeless in one village after raging infernos, say reports.
The blaze was the fourth such incident in the last one month, as Delhi’s landfills are catching fire due to heavy build up of methane between the layers of millions of tonnes of garbage and high temperatures the city. Local residents said small fires keep erupting in the huge mountain of waste, but they have not seen such a massive one that broke out on Tuesday night.
Heavy rains engulf TransBaikal region with a dozen railway bridges destroyed and 15 more damaged.
Blame for pollution is focused on failure of coal plant to filter emissions.
Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.
Even school children are in firefighting brigades in some areas of Yakutia.
Wildfires ablaze early in year due to lack of snow, posing threat to railway in Russian Far East.
Omsk region reported ‘record high’ number of wildfires and cases of dry grass burning, that turn into wildfires this spring, with one day last week counting nearly a thousand new events a day. Omsk region emergency services said the number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the norm.
The racing predator was seen 60km south of Batagai, north-east from republic’s capital Yakutsk.
A spring heat wave drove an uptick of people to California beaches, golf courses and trails on Saturday, leading to the closure of one coastal park as authorities warned people not to swarm recreational areas for fear of igniting a deadly coronavirus surge.
Around 20 bears have surrounded Ryrkaypiy attracted by the walruses that recently appeared at a special protected area. Several hundred frightened walrus fell to their deaths and the polar bears then ate the carcasses.
Boy was mauled to death, his sister managed to escape and raised alarm.
Gas bubbles from waters filling crater hole on Yamal peninsula two months after volcanic-style explosion in thawing permafrost.
This time weather experts think the blackout was caused by smoke from wildfires mixing with heavy rain clouds.
Thousands of herring washed up around Piltun Bay in northeastern Sakhalin..
Lame, exhausted and confused, the young male polar bear is far from his natural habitat to the north.
Bears in the Far East of Russia have become extremely aggressive searching for food. Experts say the number of bear attacks on humans this year is 'unprecedented.'
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