Kamchatka Endures Historic Snowfall Amid Volcanic Belt
Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula logged record snowfall this January, with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy seeing about 5.5 feet in a single day and more than 6 feet in early January, according to RIA Novosti. NASA satellite imagery shows the region buried in snow, while viral clips circulating online include AI-generated misrepresentations and aren’t real. Local officials say the situation is serious but not catastrophic. The area also sits in the world’s most volcanically active belt, having experienced a major earthquake last summer and a Krasheninnikov volcano eruption weeks later, providing context as North American snowstorms unfold elsewhere.
