Hottest year ever update: "The coldest ever December has rolled through Russia"

Cold as Christmas: Emergency in Siberia, chilliest night in Moscow

The coldest ever December has rolled through Russia causing the evacuation of hundreds of people in Siberia, where temperature hit below -50C, and plunging Moscow into its coldest night in the season.
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More than 90 Russians have died and more than 600 people have been taken to hospital due to the extremely hostile weather