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Historic Russian Wildfires and Heat Wave: Top 9 Questions Answered

(Aug. 10) -- As the death toll increases and the fires and heat rage on in Russia, Surge Desk answers your top nine questions about the environmental, humanitarian and economic crisis. 1. Where are the Russian wildfires? The fires are mainly in western Russia, many of them near Moscow, and eastern Siberia. The map below,...

Moscow Death Rate Doubles as Many Flee Heat, Smog

(Aug. 9) -- Moscow's death rate has doubled, a city health official said today, as a nearly unprecedented heat wave and acrid smog from wildfires grip the capital, causing tens of thousands to flee. "On normal days, between 360 and 380 die. Now it's around 700," Moscow's health chief, Andrei Seltsovsky, told the Interfax...