War-time shells exploded and Moscow subway passengers fainted on Wednesday as Russia again sizzled in the summer heat and battled dozens of blazes, officials said.
A major fire started in the southern Rostov region on Tuesday causing two days of explosions of World War II-era shells embedded in a local forest, a local spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry said.
The country endured the worst heatwave in its recorded history in 2010
http://news.google.com/newspapers
…or this even..
“The bulk of the crops in South Russia has been ruined by intense heat which has prevailed throughout the country of late.”
~July 1889
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13730984?
..or this..
“Cholera has increased, in virulence in Moscow, with a return of the intense heat which lately prevailed throughout Europe.”
~Sepy 1892
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13877725?
Well it appears they accidentally used a wrong word. They really meant to say “Days” rather than “Years”