22:57, 13 April 2026

An additional rescue team has been sent to Dagestan from Kabardino-Balkaria.

Elbrus High Mountain Rescue Team members have been dispatched to Dagestan to work in flood-affected areas.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by April 7, approximately 150 tons of humanitarian aid had been sent from Kabardino-Balkaria to flood-affected areas of Dagestan. The Spiritual Administration of Muslims called on residents of Kabardino-Balkaria to bring items and food to collection points for flood victims in Dagestan. Several foundations and organizations are collecting aid in the republic, and residents are bringing water, food, clothing, and bedding to collection points.

As of April 12, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 516 homes and 556 garden plots remained flooded in Dagestan. There were 523 people, including 173 children, in temporary accommodation centers. As of today, the number of people evacuated to temporary accommodation centers has increased by 18 people, and 508 residential buildings remain flooded. In total, approximately 1.5 million residents of Dagestan were affected by the devastating floods. On April 9, the state of emergency in the republic was raised from regional to federal.

The leadership of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations sent a second additional group of rescuers from Kabardino-Balkaria to Dagestan.

"On the instructions of the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, specialists from the Elbrus high-mountain detachment, consisting of 11 people and three pieces of equipment, have departed for the flooded areas of Dagestan," TASS-Kavkaz quotes the ministry as saying today.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, Ministry of Emergency Situations personnel continue to continuously monitor river water levels. There is no threat of flooding yet, but "an airmobile group totaling 100 people" is ready to operate in emergency situations, the republican press service reported today.

"Currently, river levels are within normal limits and have not reached unfavorable levels. The most dangerous period is still ahead; the situation will depend on weather conditions," the ministry's Telegram channel quotes Mukhamat Anayev, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

In the North Caucasus, floods caused by heavy rains have been ongoing since late March, and they have become some of the most destructive in recent years. Dagestan and Chechnya suffered the most from the natural disaster, 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".

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422432