Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. The heaviest snowfall in 60 years on Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has created vast drifts several metres tall that blocked building entrances and buried cars, according to Reuters visuals and weather monitoring stations.
Snow totals and local impact
In some areas, more than 2 metres of snow has fallen in the first half of January after 3.7 metres in December, according to weather monitoring stations. Reuters images showed cars almost completely buried in metres of snow and four-wheel drives struggling for traction or blocked by large drifts, while residents dug out paths to apartment building entrances.
Residents describe disruption
“I plan to go on a walk around the city tomorrow, though unfortunately the car has been parked in a snowdrift for a month,” said Lydmila Moskvicheva, a photographer in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a port city 6,800 km east of Moscow.
Video shows drifts lining roads
Video posted on Russian media showed locals walking on snow drifts alongside traffic lights and large piles of snow several metres tall lining roads.
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