72 year old Agafya Lykova begged for help saying she was short of food.
Latest survivors give harrowing accounts of how they feared they would drown in underground tidal wave.
Avelina Antsiferova fulfilled her life's dream when she sat in cockpit of wartime Douglas C-47, 69 years after kissing her papa goodbye for last time.
Southern Siberia hit by punishing flames causing death and destruction.
Stranded on Teletskoye Lake in the Altai Mountains, bird's only hope of survival is to be caught and put in a zoo.
Flooding now covers an area almost as large as France, Germany and Britain combined, or close to the equivalent of Texas and California.
The freighter Amurskaya disappeared in stormy weather on Sunday after sending Mayday signals which were picked up by coastguards.
Agafya Lykova, 71, airlifted to hospital after suffering 'acute pains' in intense cold at her forest home more than 100 km from nearest town.
Charting wonderful friendships and shedding light on a region little known and understood by the West, James dreams of a best-seller with his travel memoirs.