article_snippet: Russians are being warned of the dangers of the spring thaw after a young university graduate was killed by an icicle that fell 14 storeys onto her head.
article_snippet: The incident is the latest involving falling icicles to take place across Russia as the rising temperatures begin a thaw, according to The Siberian Times.
article_snippet: Residents in Russia are used to seeing icicles and snow falling from roofs during winter and particularly in spring when the thaw begins.
article_snippet: Icicles (pictured overhanging a balcony in Siberia) have caused dozens of deaths over the past few years after they thaw and then fall onto people passing below .
article_snippet: In 2010, five people died and 150 were injured by icicles in St Petersburg amid the coldest winter for three decades.
article_snippet: Nine years earlier 74 people in Moscow were the victims of falling ice, including an 18-year-old killed by a falling shard at his military base.
article_snippet: The last death in Siberia occurred in January 2008 when an 83-year-old was killed, but there have been a number of serious injuries and near misses involving ice this month.
highlights_snippet: Authorities are warning Russians to beware of the dangers of thawing ice .
  