Russia: Severe floods and power outages affecting 327,000 people in Dagestan

Authorities in Makhachkala, the capital of the southern Dagestan region, announced Russia A state of emergency was declared yesterday due to heavy rains that caused widespread flooding and power outages electric current In the region, this affected hundreds of thousands of residents and damaged infrastructure.
Emergency services reported that electricity More than 327,000 people in Dagestan remain without electricity due to bad weather, with 283 settlements, inhabited by 327,183 people, including 89,705 children, still without power.

Dagestan floods

She explained that the floods caused the streets and about 20 houses in Makhachkala to be submerged, with the water level reaching about 1.5 meters in some areas, which led to the evacuation of more than 80 people from the affected areas.

In Khasavyurt, the region's second-largest city, officials reported that heavy rains damaged a railway bridge, with two sections collapsing on the Khasavyurt-Kady-Yurt section of the North Caucasus Railway.