With Russia on Covid-19 lockdown, 77 houses were burned down in Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions.

Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.

At least 90 left homeless in one village after raging infernos, say reports.

The stormy wind at 30 metres per second rose in Chita in the afternoon on Wednesday 13 May.

The aim is to give warnings over seismic activity that could lead to the sudden formation of new craters, which could potentially damage key industrial infrastructure.

State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.

A massive landslide damaged 28 houses in a village along Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, rendering hundreds of people homeless, officials said on Sunday.

Overnight ice rain and north winds turned Vladivostok, Russia's Pacific capital, and most of the Primorye region into a frozen land with hundreds of power lines cut by wet snow. The storm left 120,000 people without electricity and many without heating and water.

Video shows hero climbers manually breaking ice off its cable stays at height of 324m (1,063ft) in Vladivostok.

Father missing under snow; more than 200 people continue search and rescue at -23C, snowstorm and bleak light of polar night.

A new study has warned of the risk to buildings in urban areas across Russia's permafrost zone caused by climate change. The Russian-US analysis says a worst-case scenario could lead to a 75-95% 'reduction in bearing capacity throughout the permafrost region by 2050'.

Facilities for producing weapons grade plutonium believed safe despite fierce flames caused by wildfires.

Some 5.4 million hectares of land are ablaze across Russia, mostly in Siberia and the country's far east. Water sprayed by planes to fight the fires is ‘now as expensive as Champagne’.

Cries to urgently call state of emergency in Irkutsk region as it chokes in smoke.

The fires are now raging some 10 to 15 kilometers from the megaslump crater - a large hole in the frozen Arctic soil which highlights the dramatic speed of thawing permafrost.

Dry conditions fuel dozens of fires and result in a state of emergency across the Siberian Federal District.

Most of the blazes are in a region that saw possibly the hottest-ever temperature above the Arctic Circle this month.

Canada loves its ice, and outdoor hockey is part of the nation's cultural identity. So what happens when winters get too warm for backyard rinks?

One of Africa’s richest cities is threatening to turn off the taps to its four million residents, cutting off homes and most businesses.

In the aftermath of the largest typhoon to hit Japan in decades, the nation on Sunday was still assessing the scope of the damage caused by the massive storm.