Pensioner, 77, slipped into freezing water but his dog Dick raised the alarm, summoning a rescuer.
Tornado - first since 1954 - signals freak downpour, opening craters in roads which swallow up cars.
'Sensational' discovery in Denisova Cave is at least 50,000 years old BUT it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.
The pensioner, 81, died on the spot.
Shocking puce water as nearby nickel processing plant says cause is decades of contamination in Soviet times which company is working to overcome.
Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.