Residents of a mountain village in Dagestan had to carry the deceased for several kilometers.

Roads in the Tsuntinsky District were blocked by snow due to avalanches. Residents had to carry bodies for burial in their home village and manually dig out ambulances. Dagestanavtodor reported that the roads were cleared.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," villages in the mountainous regions of Dagestan were left without power in early January 2026 due to snowfalls, and repair crews are unable to reach them. In the Tlyaratinsky District, snowdrifts cut off transport links with several villages, and vehicles are blocked on the highway in the Tsuntinsky District. Then, traffic was closed again due to avalanches.

Residents of a mountain village were forced to carry the body of a deceased man for burial in his home village due to avalanches making the road impassable, according to a video posted today by Mash Gor. The video shows about 10 men walking up a snow-covered mountainside, holding what appears to be a coffin. The road they were climbing from has been cleared.

In the second part of the recording, which was made on a snow-covered road, drivers had to first dig out an ambulance, then a Rosseti vehicle. "The equipment hasn't arrived yet, we're waiting. We're slowly digging by hand," says the man in the recording, adding that it was made on February 3rd, "before reaching the village of Gutatli."

Dagestanavtodor reported on February 3rd that by 12:00 Moscow time, snow avalanches had been cleared on the Agvali-Shauri-Kidero and Tsebari-Shapikh-Mezhdurechye roads in the Tsuntinsky District. "Transportation to the Tsuntinsky District has been restored," the publication states.

No information on road conditions in the Tsuntinsky District was released today, but Dagestanavtodor noted that due to deteriorating weather conditions, avalanche danger remains high in the mountainous areas.

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