The area had been inundated by floodwater after an 18-mile plug of ice clogged the nearby river Lena. Residents of the city are still braced for another wave of water as the swollen river now ...

YAKUTSK, Russia -- Flooding in the Siberian region of Yakutia has eased after Russian bombers blasted a massive ice jam. The jets rained explosives on the 29 km (18-mile) plug of ice on the Lena ...