Residents of a Dagestani village have announced details of the evacuation.

Residents of the village of Mamedkala, two districts of which were flooded, are in need of medicine, gas stoves, and generators.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in the Derbent district of Dagestan, the Gedzhukh dam collapsed, 358 residents of six villages - Mikhailovka, Duzlak, Zarechnaya, Sulepa, Urgun, and the village of Mamedkala - were evacuated. Most of them were placed with relatives, 94 people were sent to a temporary accommodation center, and another eight were taken to the hospital. The floodwater washed several cars off the highway, and emergency services are conducting a rescue operation.

Due to the rupture of the Gedzhukh reservoir dam, two districts of the village of Mamedkala were flooded, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

"We were warned in advance about possible flooding, but no one expected it to happen so quickly. To escape the torrent, people climbed onto rooftops and trees," Anvar, a resident of Mamedkala, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"We've had flooding after rain in the village before, but without such consequences. We thought it would be okay this time too. When people started shouting for everyone to get out of their houses quickly, we realized the situation was critical. We barely had time to gather up the children's clothes and get our documents. We're now staying with relatives in the neighboring village. The fence was blown off the house, the water flooded everything, damaging furniture and appliances," said fellow villager Mariam.

"The main torrent of water passed along Zarechnaya Street. Many houses, especially adobe ones, were simply swept away. Everything was flooded – the car, furniture, carpets, appliances – nothing was left. "The family moved to Derbent to be with relatives, and I stayed to help clear the streets for now," Said said.

Journalist Khadzhimurad Sagitov, who is in Mamedkala, noted that the villagers are especially in need of gas cylinders, portable stoves, and generators. "They need medicine, especially for colds. People are wet, cold, and starting to get sick. There is a need for construction bags. But there's another problem. Because there's no clearly organized work yet, it's difficult to understand what exactly is needed first and what isn't," Sagitov wrote on his Telegram channel.

As a reminder, due to the flooding that began at the end of March, a state of emergency is in effect in 12 municipalities of Dagestan. On April 5, rains triggered a new round of flooding. Specifically, in Makhachkala, sections of city streets were flooded and the area around the Primorskaya substation, which supplies electricity to residents of the Reduktorny settlement and the Palmira microdistrict.

In Dagestan, flooding damaged homes, appliances, furniture, and 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 natural disaster in the North Caucasus, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026".

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".