Fires kill at least 8 in Siberia, high winds hamper extinguishing efforts
SUNDAY, MAY 08, 2022
At least eight people died in Siberia on Saturday (May 7) as fires ripped through hundreds of buildings in several villages, with high winds hampering efforts to extinguish the blazes.
A rapid Arctic meltdown taking place in Siberia alarms scientists
SATURDAY, JULY 04, 2020
Alexander Deyev can still taste the smoke from last year's wildfires that blanketed the towns near his home in southeastern Siberia, and he is dreading their return.
Hottest Arctic temperature record likely set with 100-degree reading in Siberia
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
A northeastern Siberian town is likely to have set a record for the highest temperature documented in the Arctic Circle, with a reading of 100.4 degrees (38 Celsius) recorded Saturday in Verkhoyansk, north of the Arctic Circle and about 3,000 miles east of Moscow. Records at that location have been kept since 1885.
Russian helicopter crash in northern Siberia kills 18: ministry
SATURDAY, AUGUST 04, 2018
Moscow on Saturday said 18 people were killed when a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil station in northern Siberia in the early hours of the morning.
Moscow - A total of 64 people some of them children perished in a fire that ravaged a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia, as rescue teams Monday struggled through piles of charred rubble to recover bodies.