Residents of eight villages in Dagestan were left without gas after a landslide.
A landslide damaged a gas pipeline in the Tabasaran district, cutting off gas service to residents of eight villages. As reported by the Caucasian Knot, on May 30, a landslide occurred near the village of Chankurbe in the Buinaksk district, damaging a gas pipeline. Residents of five villages (Kadar, Karamakhi, Chankurbe, Vanashimakhi, and Chabanmakhi) were left without gas. Gas supply was restored on the same day.As a result of a landslide, an inter-settlement gas pipeline came loose. "There is no gas leak. Residents of eight settlements were left without gas: Churdaf, Kyureg, Chile, Karag, Uluz, Kuzhing, Gulli, Urzib, as well as nine social facilities," the ministry reported.
A team of specialists was dispatched to the scene. "At 10:50 PM [Moscow time], the gas supply was cut off by closing the valve. Emergency restoration work is scheduled for May 31," the publication stated.
As a reminder, in late March and early April, dozens of road sections in Dagestan were closed after floods, landslides, and in mountainous areas, after avalanches and snowstorms. On May 17, Dagestanavtodor reported that heavy rainfall in March worsened landslides on the Tsurib-Archib highway in the Charodinsky District. Clearing the landslides has been halted due to the risk of complete collapse of the slope and the road above it. A road reconstruction bypassing the dangerous section is planned. This spring's floods in the North Caucasus were among the most devastating in recent years. Six people, including three minors, died as a result of the flooding in Dagestan. 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".