Russia’s Putin urges stronger response to Siberian wildfires

Yakutia is the biggest of Russia’s 85 areas, an unlimited territory greater than Argentina. It has confronted a spell of significantly devastating wildfires this yr following months of scorching, dry climate and record-breaking temperatures. Flames beforehand threatened a dozen of villages, and a number of other have been evacuated. The provincial capital of Yakutsk, a number of different cities and a whole bunch of villages have been blanketed in choking smoke from the blazes.