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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I thought they were massively flooded? I guess both can be true when you have a huge country.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Happened in Australia in the same location last year... They went from bush fires to flooding in a day.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-state-swings-bush-fires-flash-flooding-24-hours-2023-10-03/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

At this time of the year?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

About 11% of the Earth's land is Russia. It is bigger than three of the continents, and within a whisker of the size of the fourth (South America).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's big? /s