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Kamchatka Peninsula

Peninsula in Eastern Russia between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk

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Jan 20, 2026

Kamchatka

A succession of powerful cyclones in mid-January 2026 dumped record-breaking snowfall across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, burying cars and buildings under drifts that in places exceeded two meters an...

Jan 20, 2026

Is it true that Kamchatka has experienced the worst snow fall in 140 years?

Multiple outlets describe January 2026 storms that buried towns across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula as “record” or “apocalyptic,” but reporting is inconsistent about how long a record is claimed to ha...