The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.
The second largest city of the Russian Far East faces nervous hours and days to see if its dikes hold back the deluge.
Successful FSB and police operation sees birds of prey released into the wild before illegal export to Middle East.
As it arrives, cosmodrome is hit by claims it is victim of 'fraud of the century'.
Locals hear 'booms from the underworld' in giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet's past.
After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.
The 'capital of Siberia' this week hosts the World Snow Forum 2013 dedicated to improving modern life for people living in the harshest winter conditions.
Rescue effort underway to provide emergency feeding sites for the helpless animals, with the wild boar population also in trouble.