Dagestani villagers lost hundreds of heads of livestock as a result of a flood.

Residents of villages in the Adilyotar village council lost 400 head of cattle, 360 head of small livestock, and nearly 30,000 poultry as a result of the flood. Most of the villagers' homes were damaged by the flood, and many remain submerged.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the first day of the flood, March 28, 468 homes were flooded in the village of Adilyotar in the Khasavyurt district. The flood caught the villagers by surprise, and people were forced to hastily evacuate, abandoning their belongings, according to residents of Adilyotar and Tutlar. According to them, in the first hours, it was mostly fellow villagers who helped each other, and administration representatives arrived the following day.

Residents of the village of Adilyotar and neighboring villages told the "Caucasian Knot" about the consequences of the flooding on April 12. Thus, the head of the Adilyotar village council (the village council includes the villages of Adilyotar, Kadyrotar, and Tutlar), Abdulkadir Makhmayev reported that a total of about 500 houses within the village council were damaged.

"Of these, 360 (that is, almost 100% of the existing houses) are in Adilyotar, 80 in Kadyrotar, and 55 in Tutlar," he listed.

Furthermore, the flood killed 400 head of cattle, 360 head of small livestock, and almost 30,000 birds on poultry farms and in private households. According to Makhmayev, work is currently underway to divert water into the Aktash River.

The official praised the work of volunteers, reporting that aid is arriving in the affected villages "from literally all over Russia." "Furthermore, volunteers are largely responsible for garbage collection," he emphasized.

Everyone who kept livestock has suffered losses.

Rukiyat Dzhamalieva, head of the House of Culture in the village of Adillotar, also reported that almost all the houses in Adillotar and some in the adjacent village of Tutlar, where she lives, were damaged. "Those who had livestock lost their livestock – some 19, others 39, and so on. "In short, everyone who kept livestock suffered losses," she said.

She assessed the flooding as unusually powerful. "We've had floods before, but nothing like this. The water came very quickly and with great force. This was unlike previous floods," Dzhamalieva said.

The water is still there because it has nowhere to go.

According to her, there were no rescuers in Adillotar on the first day of the flooding. "People mostly managed on their own. Then, yes, the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived and began helping. The head of the administration is working very actively. Tractors are now going around, creating embankments. The water is still there because it has nowhere to go; it's already everywhere," said Rukiyat Dzhamalieva.

Currently, she said, many houses are still flooded. "It's not just houses – my community center is also flooded. You can't walk through the mud, it's knee-deep," she said.

Adillotar resident Anvar Abakarov estimated the number of flooded homes at approximately 80%. "Everything that was built of adobe was submerged by the flood," he noted, adding that the mud from the houses has not yet been removed pending an inspection by a commission that assesses compensation for property loss.

Abakarov also reported that many livestock perished. "Someone even lost 200 sheep to the water. The carcasses are now being expeditiously removed to prevent an epidemic," he noted.

According to him, humanitarian aid to local residents is mainly being delivered by volunteers. According to his observations, Ministry of Emergency Situations employees are clearing pipes and canals.

Hundreds of hectares of pastures are flooded in villages of the Botlikh District

Magomed Magomedaliev, head of the Department of Security, Civil Defense, and Emergencies of the Botlikh District Administration, spoke about the situation in another affected village – Butush.

"In the village itself, 75 houses and one social facility were flooded, as well as 310 hectares of pastures and 220 hectares of hayfields. In nearby Novo-Kheleturi, only agricultural land was flooded – 200 hectares of pastures and 220 hectares of hayfields," he told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Currently, according to him, both the state and volunteers are working to combat the consequences of the flood. "We have both government and volunteer headquarters in the district," the official noted.

He also praised the efforts of the residents of Butush, who built a protective embankment along the river. "Everyone worked there, not only from Butush, but also young people from neighboring villages. If not for these efforts, two more sheltered farms would have been flooded," Magomedaliev noted.

One of the most severely affected by the flood was the village of Mamedkala in the Derbent district, where a dam breach left nearly 260 homes and their gardens in the flood zone. Hundreds of volunteers arrived to assist residents. Gas service was restored to the village on the evening of April 10. Aid is arriving regularly, but primarily from volunteers, villagers said.

On April 12, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 516 residential buildings, 556 garden plots, and 45 sections of roads remained flooded in Dagestan. 523 people, including 173 children, were in temporary accommodation centers.

In the North Caucasus, floods caused by torrential rains have been ongoing since the end of 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".