Russia Final Hazards Report
The most common disasters that occur in Russia are a result of the permafrost in Siberia, which causes floods in the spring and forest fires in the summer and fall. Global warming is causing the rapid melting of the permafrost which results in floods during the colder seasons. In contrast, the vegetation is unaccustomed to the unprecedented temperatures in the summer and often suffers from uncontrolled blazes. While these developments have sporadically increased in the past few years due to climate change, they have occurred before. In July 2012, severe flooding killed 172 people and collapsed 7,200 homes. Two years prior in July more than 20 regions of the Russian Federation saw 30,000 wildfires due to a 40° Celsius heatwave that killed more than fifty people and burned down 2,200 houses. While climate change has caused flooding and wildfires to occur more frequently, they are not the worst disasters to affect Russia historically. The total 33 tsunami tidal wives that have hit Rus...