Three houses were destroyed in a Dagestani village due to a landslide.
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A landslide destroyed three houses in the village of Butsra, and two more are at risk of collapse.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," dozens of road sections in Dagestan were closed after floods, landslides, and in mountainous areas, after avalanches and snowstorms. By the morning of April 21, 11 villages remained without transport. In the Tlyaratinsky District, roads to the villages of Gvedysh, Gendukh, Kardib, Gindib, Khadiyal, and Tadiyal were closed; in the Dakhadayevsky District, to the villages of Itsari and Dirbakmakhi; and in the Tsumadinsky District, to the villages of Santlada, Khvarshi, and Khonokh. By the evening of April 21, transport links with three villages in the Tsumadinsky District (Santlada, Khvarshi, and Khonokh) were restored. On April 22, seven villages in the Charodinsky District were left without transport links following a landslide.
A landslide in the village of Butsra in the Khunzakh District on the evening of April 24 destroyed three residential buildings, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Dagestan reported.
According to the department, there were no casualties or injuries as a result of the incident. Two more residential buildings in the village, home to 10 people, are at risk of collapse due to a landslide. All residents have been evacuated.
Floods caused by heavy rains began in the North Caucasus in late March and 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".
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