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Extreme cold sweeps Russia's far east

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In Yakutsk, a city in Russia’s east Siberia, 450km south of the Arctic circle, local weather services warn that temperatures could sink as low as -62°C. “It feels like this is the coldest winter” says one resident, where the abnormal cold is even lower than the -40°C temperatures locals are used to.

Added on the 15/01/2023 16:18:02 - Copyright : AFP EN

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