Research by Russian and German scientists has shown that warmer sea surface temperatures can lead to an increase in precipitation intensity – in some cases of over 300% – for…
Severe flooding in the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, south-western Russia, has left 1 person dead and forced hundreds from their homes. Reports say that over 500 homes across…
A record 170 mm of rain in 36 hours has hit the Magadan Oblast region in Russia’s Far East with widespread flooding, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency.…
Between 7,000 and 10,000 people have been displaced by floods in Siberia, Russia, mostly in the border areas with Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The Altai Region, Altai Republic, Khakassia Republic, Tuva…
Finally, around 50 days after the state of emergency was first declared, the flood warnings for the Khabarovsk region in Russia’s far east have been lifted. Russia’s Emergency Situations Minister,…
After the failure of the dam in Mendeleyev settlement, a suburb of Komsomolsk, there is further bad news for the Russian city. The Khabarovsk department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry…
A dam burst in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in Russia’s Far Eastern region, after water levels of the Amur River rose. Around 300 houses have been flooded, affecting almost 1,000 people in a…
Constant heavy rain over several weeks has resulted in record floods across the region of Russia’s Far East. The area now covered by the floods is almost incomprehensible in its…
Over 50,000 people have been affected by the floods currently inundating Russia’s far east. It has been labelled the worst flooding in 120 years. More than 6,200 houses have been…
Huge amaouns of rainfall throughout August has left Russia’s Far Eastern province experiencing the worst floods in 120 years. The affected areas are Khabarovsk, Amur and the Jewish Autonomous region.…
Flooding on a huge scale has caused chaos and devastation in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, which lies near to the border with China. The flooding has been caused by…
