Russia sees coldest winter with temperatures dropping to minus 67C

Frozen eyelashes and broken thermometers. This is what winter in Russia looks like this year with the country experiencing record lows.

People walk on the snow covered Red Square in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral during a heavy snowfall in Moscow on January 31, 2018.
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People walk on the snow covered Red Square in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral during a heavy snowfall in Moscow on January 31, 2018.

In the Siberian region of Yakutia, home to nearly one million people, brutal winters are a normal part of life.

But even there, the temperatures are unusual this year going as low as minus 67 Celcius.

In January, it came close to Russia's coldest temperatures ever and even broke some thermometers.

Researchers say that one of the reasons for such a cold winter is the moving of cyclones.

TRT World's Lucy Taylor reports on how some people in Russia are dealing with record lows.

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