The lengthy wildfire season follows a record-hot Arctic summer. People living in Yakutsk are waking up to heavy smog brought from the wildfires raging to the west, east and north; struggling to breathe and with head, eye and throat aches.
Gallery | The forest fires have covered an area larger than Greece and are emitting black smog that harms nearby populations.
Photos of Yugorsk and other cities showed residential buildings fuzzy under a blanket of white smog.
Usually one of the most full flowing in Russia, the river tends to drop the level twice a year - but not by a catastrophic 2-2.5 meters as this year.
Observations From Members 