Two people rescued from the water in the Derbent district died in hospital.

In the village of Mamedkala in the Derbent district, two neighborhoods were flooded after the Gedzhukh dam burst, and residents were being evacuated. Rescuers pulled seven people from the floodwaters after they were swept away in a car, but two of them died in the hospital.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the Gedzhukh dam collapsed in the Derbent district of Dagestan, and residents of six villages were evacuated. Most were placed with relatives, 94 were sent to a temporary accommodation center, and another eight were taken to the hospital. A flood swept several cars off the highway, and emergency services are conducting a rescue operation.

According to the Dagestan Regional Control Center, cars were washed away from both Derbent and Makhachkala.

A video filmed during daylight hours shows sirens blaring in the village, and the streets are flooded. "Mamedkala. Why is Dagestan being punished like this?" - Shamil Khadulaev, head of the Dagestan Public Monitoring Commission, captioned the video.

The evacuation continued after dark. Screams can be heard in a video from the scene posted by GTRK Dagestan at 9:43 p.m. Moscow time. The video was allegedly filmed "at this very moment."

At the same time, the head of the Derbent district, Elman Allahverdiyev, announced on his Telegram channel at 9:26 p.m. Moscow time that "all residents in the flooded zone have been evacuated."

Due to the breach of the Gedzhukh reservoir dam, two districts of the village of Mamedkala are flooded. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

According to Mash, the village is completely flooded.

The head of Derbent announced on his Telegram channel that a decision has been made to mobilize additional specialized equipment to eliminate the consequences of the flooding and to train volunteer teams to assist in the liquidation of the consequences of the flooding. There are also plans to set up mobile information collection points at all mosques to deal with communication problems, and to organize an aid collection point for the victims at the Derbent Cadet Corps.

According to the Caucasian Knot weather service, light precipitation is expected in Derbent today, and heavy rain on April 6. The weather service is a partnership project between 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 the Caucasian Knot apps for Android and AndroidGO.

In Dagestan, flooding has damaged residential buildings, appliances, furniture, and residents' cars. Makhachkala residents complained of problems with electricity and water supplies, transportation accessibility, and a lack of communication with emergency services. Dagestan and Chechnya were hardest hit by the disaster in the North Caucasus, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026."

Fundamental assistance of 15,600 rubles is available for each flood victim in Dagestan, the republic's authorities announced on March 31. Compensation has also been announced for those who lost property, health, or loved ones. By April 2, the republic's authorities had received more than four thousand applications for compensation for damage caused by the 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".