Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has been hit by its heaviest snowfall in six decades, leaving cities buried under massive snowdrifts several metres high. In the port city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, extreme winter storms have blocked building entrances, submerged cars and disrupted daily life, according to visuals and data from weather monitoring stations.
Thousands of tourists were left stranded in Finland’s Lapland after extreme cold forced the cancellation of flights at Kittila Airport, a major hub for winter travellers. Temperatures failed to rise above –35°C on Sunday, grounding flights bound for cities such as London, Manchester, Paris and Amsterdam. The situation is expected to continue as forecasts warn […]

