Access to eight villages in Dagestan is closed after roads were flooded.

Transportation to eight villages in the Charodinsky District was interrupted after river water washed away the approach to a temporary bridge.

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 May 4, only the village of Zhazhada in the Tlyaratinsky District remained without transport. The road to this village, which has a population of 294, was blocked after a rockfall. It was cleared by the evening of May 4.

As of 10:00 Moscow time on May 12, one section of the highway in Dagestan was closed, the Dagestanavtodor Telegram channel reported.

"Eight settlements in the Charodinsky district remain without transport links. 15 sections are closed with detours provided. Emergency repair work is underway in all directions," the publication states.

The names of the blocked settlements are not given in the publication, but are listed in a message on the department's website.

According to this message, access to the villages of Shalib, Alchunib, Archib, Keseriba, Khilih, Khitab, Kalib, and Kubatl has been blocked since the evening of May 11 after a section of the highway "The Tsurib-Archib section of the road has undergone a change in the course of the Risor River and the approach to the temporary bridge has been washed away."

"One piece of equipment, an excavator, is being deployed to restore the approach," the department reported today.

As a reminder, the floods that occurred in the North Caucasus in late March and early April were among the most destructive in recent years. In Dagestan, six people, including three minors, died as a result of flooding. Dagestan and Chechnya suffered the most from the disaster, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Spring flooding in the North Caucasus-2026".

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The Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences linked regular flooding in Dagestan to a combination of natural processes and anthropogenic impacts, which increases the scale of natural disasters.

Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" also named ill-considered development, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures among the reasons for the devastating flooding.

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".