Local power supplies were cut off, apartment buildings were flooded, cars were seen being washed away and a river overflowed, leading to one civilian death and several injuries.
Early summer in Moscow brings an onslaught of allergy-inducing, Instagram-ready fluff from poplar seeds.
A severe winter storm has led to a state of emergency in Sakhalin, Russia, disrupting transportation and daily life. The storm paralyzed the public transportation system in the regional capital of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and major roadways were made inaccessible.
Scientists worry for the pup's survival. Due to the pup’s albinism, it not only has bad eyesight, but could also be ostracized by the colony due to its unique characteristics.
Gallery | The forest fires have covered an area larger than Greece and are emitting black smog that harms nearby populations.
Lab tests confirmed that two individuals had contracted the illness after eating marmot meat.
Heavy rains flooded the roads around Moscow's largest airport on Friday, with the floods reaching knee-high depths and blocking cars from bringing passengers to and from its terminals.
If you meet one don't look it in the eye.
Most of the blazes are in a region that saw possibly the hottest-ever temperature above the Arctic Circle this month.
With the coronavirus pandemic leaving Russia's cities quiet and deserted, its wild animals have decided to check things out.
A pack of stray blue dogs, likely covered in chemical waste, was spotted on the road near the Russian town of Dzerzhinsk. The dogs may have been exposed to chemicals at a nearby abandoned factory that produced plexiglass and hydrocyanic acid, giving their fur the eye-catching blue color.
The driest summer in 150 years has turned Yakutia into a tinderbox and seen wildfires tear through the region.
While the airborne ants may be a nuisance, Moscow City Hall’s environmental protection department said they are not dangerous.
Reindeer herders in Russia's Arctic have discovered what scientists say is the first-ever cave bear carcass with soft tissues intact in the region's rapidly thawing permafrost.
Gallery | The fires, which were swept in from Mongolia by high winds, have caused almost $9.4 million in damage.
Scientists predict the world’s largest inland sea will shrink by a quarter due to climate change by the end of the century. In Derbent, waves that once threatened to engulf entire streets have retreated by around 100 meters, leaving miles of fresh sand dunes up and down the former shoreline.
Summer seems like it was just yesterday.
Residents of the coastal Chumikan village reported two adult whales and one baby on Wednesday afternoon, on a shore of the Uda River that flows into the sea. Alexei Paramonov spent hours protecting the pod from wild animals and poachers and saved the baby whale from hypothermia.
Russia's Aerial Forest Protection Service is trying to suppress 136 fires over 43,000 hectares. Firefighters are using explosives to contain the fires and seeding clouds with silver iodide to encourage rain.
A snowpocalypse has engulfed Russia in recent days, with various regions and cities struggling to deal with the freak weather.
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