Residents of Dagestan reported on the situation in flooded areas.

Water pumping is still ongoing in flooded areas of Dagestan, local residents reported. They say volunteers are providing significant assistance.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, the number of houses remaining flooded in Dagestan decreased from 508 to 129 in the past 24 hours. 519 people remain in temporary accommodation centers.

In the Derbent district, where severe flooding was observed, damage assessment teams have begun work and are conducting door-to-door surveys, the municipal administration reported on its Telegram channel.

Mamedkala resident Ramiz told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that flooding in the village is decreasing, and that various government agencies and a large number of volunteers are working on the scene. All necessary
assistance is being provided in full. Authorities haven't yet visited his home to assess the damage, he noted.

08:01 13.04.2026

Dagestani villagers lost hundreds of head of livestock due to flooding

Residents of villages in the Adilyotar village council lost 400 head of cattle, 360 head of small livestock, and nearly 30,000 poultry as a result of the flooding. Most of the villagers' homes were damaged by the flooding, and many remain submerged.

The situation in the village of Adilyotar in the Khasavyurt district has improved slightly, but many homes are still flooded. "We've received the necessary building materials, and volunteers are working. It's still unclear how the damage will be repaired, since in addition to housing, farmland was damaged and livestock died. I live in my home, but where else can I go? Some families have been evacuated to other villages and temporary accommodation centers," Ruslan told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"Work has been organized to install drainage systems in the villages of Kadyrotar and Adilyotar. Volunteers from various regions, including Tula, have arrived in the Khasavyurt district to work on eliminating the consequences of the emergency. They are treating and disinfecting flooded houses and surrounding areas. Volunteer medics are working alongside them, providing all necessary assistance to the population," a representative of the district administration told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

In There is no longer any flooding in the Reduktor settlement of Makhachkala, and the water and electricity supplies have been restored, Kistaman reported.

Pumping water from flooded houses in the settlement of Karaman near Makhachkala continues, Abdul said.

"They've brought motor pumps and are gradually pumping out the water. It's good, the weather is favorable, there's no rain, and we hope everything will be finished soon," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The Rospotrebnadzor of Dagestan told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that laboratory tests are being conducted daily in all settlements affected by flooding, and additional teams of sanitary doctors are working in the Khasavyurt and Derbent districts with the support of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and volunteers. There have been no outbreaks of infections yet. recorded.

According to the Caucasian Knot weather service, Makhachkala will see variable cloudiness with no precipitation today, and light rain is expected overnight, ending during the day on April 16. The weather service is a partnership between Caucasian Knot and Gismeteo. The service allows you to adjust meteorological data for a more accurate forecast. The service is also available in the light version and Caucasian Knot applications for href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.sambino.ionic">Android and AndroidGO.

As a reminder, floods caused by heavy rains have been ongoing in the North Caucasus since the end of March, and they 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".

21:58 14.04.2026

Alexey Gunya: Dagestan faces a new climate reality

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 ignoring water protection zones"literally multiply the consequences" of the flood, which under other conditions could have passed relatively calmly, noted Doctor of Geographical Sciences Alexey Gunya.

Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" alsonamed ill-considered development of territories, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures among the reasons for the devastating flood. At the same time, they unanimously considered the contribution of volunteers in the fight against the consequences of the flood to be significant.

In particular, the flood caught residents of the Khasavyurt district by surprise, and people were forced to hastilyevacuate, abandoning their property, they said Villagers contact the "Caucasian Knot." According to them, in the first hours, it was mostly fellow villagers who helped each other, and administration representatives showed up the next day. Residents of the Adilyotar 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" has 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".