Villagers in Dagestan are busy strengthening their banks amid a dire forecast.
Residents of the village of Butush in the Botlikh District are fortifying the banks of the Aksayka River on their own amidst forecasted downpours, and residents of other villages are assisting them. During the first wave of flooding, 100 homes and farms, as well as dozens of hectares of land, were inundated in the village.