heatwave observed relatively early in the year. Record high spring temperatures kickstarted the annual melting season earlier than usual.
On Tuesday, BBC Weather reported the temperature at Nizhnyaya Pesha, an area of Russia about 1,300km north of Moscow, reached a whopping high of 30C.
In comparison, the high in the Mediterranean island of Ibiza was just 22C.Last month was the warmest May on record and the Arctic experienced a significant heatwave, with temperatures hovering at around 10 degrees above average in Siberia.As a result, the Ob and Yenisei rivers saw ice breaking up at a record early point in the year.At the end of May a reservoir about 800km further north collapsed and saw 21,000 tonnes of diesel fuel pollute a river near the.
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