[1/5] Pedestrians walk along a street on a frosty day in Yakutsk, Russia, December 5, 2023.
Temperatures in parts of the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia and located in the northeastern part of Siberia, went below minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) on December 5.
REUTERS/Roman... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreYAKUTSK, Russia, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit).
Temperatures in parts of the Sakha Republic, a vast region a little smaller than India that is located in the northeastern part of Siberia, went below minus 55 overnight.
In Oymyakon, a settlement in Sakha, the temperature was minus 58 C on Tuesday.
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Pyotr, Guy Faulconbridge, Mark Trevelyan
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REUTERS, Thomson
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Yakutsk, Russia, Sakha Republic, Siberia, YAKUTSK, Moscow, India, Sakha