January 19, 2026 10:55 PM
Record snow fall in Russian far east sows fun, frustration and massive drifts
The biggest snow fall in 60 years on Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula created vast drifts several metres tall that blocked building entrances and buried cars, according to Reuters visuals and weather monitoring stations. In some areas more than 2 m (6.5 feet) of snow has fallen in the first half of January after 3.7 m in December, according to weather monitoring stations. Reuters pictures showed cars almost completely buried in metres of snow and four-wheel drives struggling for tracti...