Omsk region emergency services said number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the ‘norm’.
Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.
Some regions parched, others underwater in latest meteorological surprises.
Drifts have reached one metre in height with schools closed, cars abandoned and even a military tank pulling out stranded drivers.
A girl dies after a bus stop crashes on her in extreme gales.
A guide to the little corner of Ireland in Novosibirsk where you are always guaranteed a good beer and a warm welcome, whatever the weather.
'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.
Here are some seasonal pictures as western Siberia gets its debut whiteout of the autumn.