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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 months ago

I thought they were massively flooded? I guess both can be true when you have a huge country.

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 17 points 4 months ago

About 11% of the Earth's land is Russia. It is bigger than three of the continents, and within a whisker of the size of the fourth (South America).

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

So you're saying it's big? /s

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Yuge

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

Happened in Australia in the same location last year... They went from bush fires to flooding in a day.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

A fire? at the sea parks?

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago

At this time of the year?

[-] Psynthesis@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

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