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Cleanup Continues After Record Snow Buries Kamchatka Capital

Officials say restoring transport and supplies will take days despite the storm’s retreat.

Witness Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, 'Land Of Fire & Ice', Where Volcanic Eruptions & Wild Snowfalls Lies Together
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Snow covers cars in a courtyard of an apartment block after an extreme snowstorm hit the far eastern city of Petropavlovsk‑Kamchatskiy, Russia, January 16, 2026. REUTERS/Lydmila Moskvicheva
Snow covers the lower floors of an apartment block after an extreme snowstorm hit the far eastern city of Petropavlovsk‑Kamchatskiy, Russia, January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Lydmila Moskvicheva

Overview

  • Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky remains under a municipal state of emergency after two people died in rooftop snow slides.
  • EMERCOM teams, military units and volunteers are clearing roofs, streets and building entrances to reach residents.
  • Public transport and some flights were suspended, schools closed and shops reported shortages as deliveries begin to resume.
  • Snowdrifts several metres high blocked access to homes and buried vehicles, with accumulations reaching second to fourth floors in places.
  • Officials criticized property managers for slow roof clearing, while meteorologists tied the event to successive Sea of Okhotsk cyclones and maintained avalanche warnings.