snow storms

A few months ago Altai Region was basking in a heat wave, suffering shortages of water for crops.

City is buried under white blanket after 'freak weather' in Russian Far East.

Locals in Norilsk dive head first into the 4-metre deep fluffy snow as if it were a swimming pool.

Soot-coloured snowfall covers the ground in Siberia's second largest city.

The tiny dog was lost for a week after owner walked it in a storm without a lead.

A girl dies after a bus stop crashes on her in extreme gales.

Many Pacific islands are famed for their palm trees, but Sakhalin is facing some of the heaviest January blizzards in living memory.

The drama, beauty - and absurdity - of our weather.

Aircraft 'full of passengers' blown 180 degrees as Boeing 737 is lashed in blizzard.

Nowhere in the world runs its roads, trains and airports as well as Siberia during the harsh winters.