Russia In A Swelter
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on July 16, 2010
One, but not the only reason the commodity grain markets have been going bananas lately.  An emergency drought situation has been declared in 19 of Russia’s 83 regions with crops dying on an estimated 9.6 million hectares of fields. The drought-struck areas were suffering “colossal destruction,” Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said.
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July 16, 2010
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Russians sweltered Friday in the hottest weather since the Stalin era as droughts caused crop devastation across the country and hundreds drowned in bathing accidents often influenced by alcohol. An emergency drought situation has been declared in 19 of Russia’s 83 regions with crops dying on an estimated 9.6 million hectares of fields.
The drought-struck areas were suffering “colossal destruction,” Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Tuesday at a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev.
The coldest place on earth in winter, Oimyakon in the Sakha region, was forecast to swelter at 32 degrees centigrade on Friday, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.
Friday was expected to break a record in Moscow, topping 33 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature that day since 1938, according to the state weather centre.
At the weekend, the temperature was forecast by the state weather centre to hit 37 degrees in central Russia.
 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.451d75f4046267a2e4f0877759e03979.541&show_article=1
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