Russia’s coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.
Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.
Extreme weather phenomena along with wildfires and flooding are the future 'due to global climate change’.
Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
Schoolchildren of all ages are asked to stay home as gusts of wind reach 29 metres per second.
Worrying videos and pictures show how the pristine polar region of northern Yakutia is ablaze.
230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.
South Korean diplomat wins two day tournament in sunshine on frozen Lable Baikal.
Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.