Russian North Caucasus Region Declares Emergency Amid Flooding
(Bloomberg) -- Dagestan, a Russian region in the North Caucasus, declared a state of emergency after heavy flooding that state media said had left as many as half a million people without power.
Emergency crews worked for a second day on Sunday to restore electricity supply after rain triggered widespread flooding, state-run Tass reported. More than 110,000 were still without power and access to many populated areas was difficult because of washed-out roads, according to the news service.
The flooding, described by local media as the worst in more than 100 years, caused severe damage in the regional capital, Makhachkala, and other cities, although no deaths have been reported so far. Residents were evacuated from hundreds of homes, while a section of a railway bridge collapsed on the Khasavyurt–Kadiyurt stretch of the North Caucasus Railway, authorities said.
Parts of neighboring Chechnya have also been affected, according to Tass.
Flooding is common in Russia’s North Caucasus, particularly in spring when melting snow combines with periods of heavy rain.
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