Mystery over circumstances of crash when chopper was on 'unsactioned' flight.
Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.
Flooding now covers an area almost as large as France, Germany and Britain combined, or close to the equivalent of Texas and California.
Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.
Boy killed 'after lethal infection 'awoke' in human graveyard due to unprecedented heat wave'.
From the Pacific in the east, to the Urals in the west, hardy Russians display their religious feelings - and bravery.
Journey 'in search of my father', as joint Russian-American expedition sets out to bring home crashed wartime Douglas C-47 from tundra.
The freighter Amurskaya disappeared in stormy weather on Sunday after sending Mayday signals which were picked up by coastguards.
Olga Laponnikova, 44, cocooned the girl as the L-410 turboprop 'fell like a stone' into woodland a mile from runaway in Nelkan, eastern Russia.