wildfires 2020

230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.

Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north.

With Russia on Covid-19 lockdown, 77 houses were burned down in Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.

Extreme weather phenomena along with wildfires and flooding are the future 'due to global climate change’.

Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.

Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.