Residents of Mamedkala have accused authorities of inaction following the flood.

Residents of the village of Mamedkala affected by the flood complained of government indifference and poor volunteer assistance.

As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, 358 residents have been evacuated from the villages of Mikhailovka, Duzlak, Zarechnaya, Sulepa, Urgun, and the village of Mamedkala in the Derbent District, most of them have been placed with relatives. Also evacuated were 150 children from the Solnechny Bereg camp in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan. In Mamedkala, the floodwaters "simply swept away" some houses, a local resident reported. According to journalists and volunteers, villagers are in need of gas cylinders, portable stoves, generators, and medicine.

A resident of the village of Mamedkala complained about the inattention of the republican and local authorities to the problems that arose after the flood. The villager's appeal was published on the "NNT News" program on the Telegram channel, which has over 20,000 subscribers.

"We've experienced an unexpected tragedy. Our area is in a very dangerous area. As of today, not a single person from the management, administration, or the Ministry of Emergency Situations has looked in that direction. We haven't even seen an ambulance. Maybe the person is feeling unwell, maybe they need some kind of help," a local resident says in the video.

The victim claims that no one even offered them emotional or psychological support. "I don't know what will happen next, but we are deeply upset by the inaction of our leadership. It's a shame that we were abandoned like this in such a difficult time," she said. According to the woman, neighbors and friends helped her by offering a boat to help her get her clothes and some other belongings out.

Due to the influx of people wanting to help the victims in Mamedkala, difficulties with organization arose, according to another resident of the affected village.

"There are plenty of people, a lot of people want to help, great job guys. But because of the number of people wanting to help, it takes a lot of time to organize traffic. Each car needs one person," he said.

The man believes that a volunteer center should have been established on the federal highway to more efficiently distribute tasks. "We need team leaders and five to ten people who know how to do the job. Otherwise, it turns out there are twenty people in one place and three in another," he explained.

Medical workers in the Derbent district are providing round-the-clock assistance to residents of the village of Mamedkala, both on-site and in the hospital, the press service of the Dagestan Ministry of Health reported on its Telegram channel. According to the agency, examinations and consultations are organized at temporary accommodation centers.

Izberbash is ready to accommodate 200 victims from Mamedkala, where a dam burst due to heavy rains has flooded homes, the city's mayor, Rasul Bakayev, announced today on his Telegram channel. According to him, the authorities will negotiate with hotel owners to get them involved and increase the number of accommodations for evacuees.

"The scale of the consequences of the bad weather in Izberbash was significantly less severe than the situation in neighboring municipalities. Since early morning, people have been bringing aid to the victims: food, medicine, and other essentials. In the current circumstances, it is more important than ever to rally around a common problem and support our brothers," the mayor added.

Due to the flooding that began in late March, a state of emergency was previously declared 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.

Flooding damaged homes, appliances, furniture, and cars in Dagestan. Makhachkala residents complained of problems with electricity and water supplies, transportation accessibility, and a lack of communication with emergency services. The flood, which hit Dagestan and Chechnya the hardest, was one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent memory, 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".