No end in sight as Russia dries up in heat wave

RT.com: The unprecedented Russian heat wave continues to rage on, with July already the hottest month on record. While emergency teams deal with rising cases of heat stroke, forecasters say the hot weather is set to stay. With mercury hitting record highs in Moscow and office dress-codes eased all around, the city of 12-million is starting to look like a beach resort.

Fountains have become bathtubs with people taking every opportunity to escape from the searing heat of the capital. Other Muscovites have taken more risky dips in the river, the result of which has led to three hundred people drowning this week alone. According to forecasters, it doesn't look like Russians will have a break from this furnace anytime soon.

“This is a serious abnormality. The Russian weather service has never measured such temperatures in Moscow in July,” said Dmitry Kiktyov, Deputy Director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia. “According to our calculations, it hasn't even reached its peak yet.”…

Shukhov tower in Moscow, also known as Shabalovka, shot by Lite, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic