Fires have wreaked havoc this summer with Yakutia and the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous the latest to be hard hit.

People evacuated after thunderstorms-with-no-rain ignite foliage and forests.

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

With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.

Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.

Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.

Thousands of hectares of land ablaze with no signs of a let-up.

A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.