Feet of snow buried the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, in Russia's Far East, during the middle of last week.
Two people were killed by snow falling from rooftops. The Kamchatka Peninsula was also the location of a major earthquake and tsunami last year.
The town was brought to a standstill after the snow, according to The Moscow Times, which reported that snowdrifts reached the second floor of some buildings and blocked their entrances. Cars were also completely buried by snow, making some difficult to find.
"The heavy snow was the result of a powerful storm lifting into the Sea of Okhotsk, which resulted in heavy snow over the southern Kamchatka Peninsula Wednesday and Thursday of last week," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Jason Nicholls confirmed.
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