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Heaviest snowfall in 60 years buries Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

Two people have died

Heaviest snowfall in 60 years buries Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
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20/01/2026 12:00 ‧ 3 months ago | StarsInsider

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More than seven feet (two meters) of snow has fallen in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of the country.

Entire cities and towns have been blanketed in heavy snow, bringing transportation, schools, and everyday life to a standstill.

The region received around four to five times more snowfall than Moscow normally gets. As a result, at least two people have died in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after snow fell from rooftops and buried them.

Click through this gallery to see images of the heaviest snowfall to hit the region in 60 years.

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