The number of flooded houses in Dagestan has dropped to 129.

Over the past 24 hours, the number of houses still flooded in Dagestan has decreased from 508 to 129. 519 people remain in temporary accommodation centers.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on April 13, 508 residential buildings, 528 garden plots, and 45 road sections remained flooded in Dagestan, and on April 14, also 508 houses, 523 garden plots, and 39 road sections were flooded. 530 people, including 181 children, were in temporary accommodation centers in the republic.

The number of flooded residential buildings in Dagestan has decreased to 129, a spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations told the TASS news agency.

"In Dagestan, 129 residential buildings, 144 garden plots, and six sections of roads remain flooded in four municipalities in four settlements," the agency quoted him as saying today.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 519 people, including 177 children, remain in temporary accommodation centers, the publication says.

According to the weather According to the "Caucasian Knot" weather service, Makhachkala will see variable cloudiness and no precipitation today, with light rain expected overnight, ending on April 16. The weather service is a partnership between the "Caucasian Knot" and Gismeteo. The service allows you to correct meteorological data for a more accurate forecast. The service is also available in a light version and in Caucasian Knot apps for Android and AndroidGO.

As a reminder, floods caused by torrential rains have been ongoing in the North Caucasus since the end of March, and have become some of the most destructive in recent years. Dagestan and Chechnya suffered the most from the disaster, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Spring flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026".

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Human economic activity has changed the climate and precipitation patterns, and existing infrastructure is inoperable under the new conditions, said Alexey Gunya, head of the Mountain Research Center at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commenting on the flooding in Dagestan.

The Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences linked regular flooding in Dagestan to a combination of natural processes and anthropogenic impacts, which exacerbate the scale of natural disasters. In particular, development on river floodplains, deforestation, and disregard for water protection zones "literally multiply the consequences" of the flood, which under other conditions could have been relatively calm, noted Doctor of Geographical Sciences Alexey Gunya.

Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" also named ill-considered development, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures among the causes of the devastating flood. At the same time, they unanimously considered the volunteers' significant contribution to the flood relief efforts.

In particular, the flood caught residents of the Khasavyurt district by surprise, and they were forced to hastily evacuate, abandoning their belongings, villagers told the "Caucasian Knot." According to them, in the first hours, it was mostly fellow villagers who helped each other, and administration representatives arrived the following day. Residents of the Adillotarsky village council lost 400 head of cattle, 360 head of small cattle, and nearly 30,000 poultry as a result of the flood.

The Caucasian Knot compiled materials about flooding in the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District in the spring of 2026 on the thematic page "Flooding in the North Caucasus".