The fatal accident was some 200km east of Tyumen in Siberia when an oncoming car struck a 1970 Chevrolet C10 driven by Emma Wilkinson, 47.
Named Olga after the brave woman who helped save her life, the little girl abandoned by her mother at birth has new adoptive parents.
Warnings of worse rain for the rest of the week came on Wednesday as evacuation of 30 settlements was planned by the authorities.
Temperatures in Omsk hit a roasting 37C this weekend and could be as high as Cairo when the starting gun is fired.
Experts to visit remote craters to solve the puzzle on their creation.
More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.
230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.
Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.
Excessive hot, dry weather behind spread of poisonous creature to Ulan-Ude.
Acrobats from a sports club were killed after driver lost control in poor weather and hit oncoming truck.