A highway in the mountains of Dagestan is closed after an avalanche.

Traffic on a section of highway in the Tsuntinsky District of Dagestan has been suspended after an avalanche.

An avalanche occurred today at around 4:00 a.m. Moscow time at the 49th kilometer of the Agvali-Shauri-Kidero regional highway in the Tsuntinsky District. Traffic on this section has been closed, the Dagestanavtodor Telegram channel reported.

A bulldozer is working at the avalanche site. "Transportation links with populated areas have not been interrupted and are being maintained via an alternative route through the Bezhta section of the Tlyadal-Bezhta-Kidero road," the publication states. Caucasian Knot also reported that on March 25, 2025, an avalanche also occurred on the Agvali-Shauri-Kidero road in the Tsuntinsky District. A temporary passage was established, but the following day, another avalanche occurred on the same section. Local residents were forced to participate in electrical grid repairs after sleet brought down power lines.

An avalanche blocked the road to the village of Elbok in the Tsuntinsky District, leaving villagers without access to medical care and children unable to attend school, according to the authors of an appeal to the Dagestan leadership on March 29, 2025. Road clearing efforts have been suspended due to the large volume of the avalanche and worsening weather, Dagestanavtodor reported.

In February 2023, residents of the village of Khutrakh in the Tsuntinsky District were forced to carry a woman in need of urgent medical care for two kilometers through snowdrifts. Due to the snowfall, the roads were covered with a thick layer of snow, and the ambulance could not get there.