10:24, 21 April 2026

49 houses remain flooded in Dagestan.

The number of flooded residential buildings in Dagestan has dropped to 49. 546 people are in temporary accommodation centers.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the morning of April 18, 117 residential buildings and 122 garden plots remained flooded in Dagestan. Over the next 24 hours, the number of flooded buildings dropped more than half, to 54. 544 people, including 170 children, were in temporary accommodation centers.

About 1.5 million residents of Dagestan were caught in the devastating flood zone. Six residents of the republic, including three minors, died as a result of the flooding. In addition, on April 13, 19-year-old volunteer Artem Mikhrabov, who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury while helping residents of the flooded village of Mamedkala, died in the hospital.

Flooding in Dagestan. Photo: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

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49 residential Homes remain flooded in Dagestan, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported today. "49 residential buildings, 52 garden plots, and three sections of roads remain flooded in two municipalities and two populated areas," TASS quotes the ministry as saying.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 546 people, including 169 children, are in temporary accommodation centers, the publication states.

From April 12 to 18, landslides destroyed 28 homes in the Dakhadaevsky District, and another 127 were partially damaged. About 200 people were evacuated. "Of course, there's a lot of damage, and other villagers have even more. We're helping each other as best we can. It's too early to talk about compensation, but we hope there will be some payments," a resident of the village of Urkarakh told the Caucasian Knot on April 20.

According to the Caucasian Knot weather service, there will be light rain in Makhachkala today and tonight, ending on April 22. 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 began in the North Caucasus at the end of March and became 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".

Alexey Gunya, flooding in Dagestan. Illustration created by

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The Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences linked the floods in Dagestan to a combination of natural processes and anthropogenic impacts, which exacerbate the scale of natural disasters. Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" also named ill-considered development, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures among the reasons for the devastating flood.

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

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422620