Record-breaking snowfall has blanketed Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a winter emergency as cars become entombed and building entrances are rendered inaccessible by towering snowdrifts. Following substantial snowfall in December, the region experienced over two meters of additional snow in early January, marking the most severe snowfall in the past six decades. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has declared a state of emergency, with residents undertaking the arduous task of excavating vehicles, carving pathways through massive snowbanks, and navigating streets flanked by drifts reaching several meters in height.