A powerful storm ravaged Lake Onega on November 8 as huge waves crashed against the waterfront of the Russian city of Petrozavodsk.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankShores of Lake Onega were left at the mercy of the raging tempest.
Shores of Lake Onega were left at the mercy of the raging tempest.
Ice-covered waterfront of Petrozavodsk.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankA wooden sculpture on the Lake Onega embankment in Petrozavodsk.
A wooden sculpture on the Lake Onega embankment in Petrozavodsk.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankHuge waves, some of them up to 3 meters high, crashed against the Petrozavodsk waterfront.
Huge waves, some of them up to 3 meters high, crashed against the Petrozavodsk waterfront.
Storm on Lake Onega in Petrozavodsk.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankAn ice-covered bench on Lake Onega's shore in Petrozavodsk.
An ice-covered bench on Lake Onega's shore in Petrozavodsk.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankAfter splashing on the shore, the water almost immediately turns into ice.
After splashing on the shore, the water almost immediately turns into ice.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankNavigating the ice-covered waterfront became almost impossible.
Navigating the ice-covered waterfront became almost impossible.
Storm on Lake Onega in Petrozavodsk.
© Sputnik / Igor Podgornyi / Go to the mediabankThis was the most powerful storm on Lake Onega since 2008.
This was the most powerful storm on Lake Onega since 2008.