A regional state of emergency regime has been introduced in Dagestan due to large-scale floods.
elchi reports, citing TASS, that Russia’s Minister of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov reported this to President Vladimir Putin.
“The current situation has been classified as a regional state of emergency,” he stated.
It was noted that the level of response will be raised to the federal level in the near future. Kurenkov noted that more than 2,000 houses in 10 settlements of Dagestan are still submerged.
According to the head of the region, Sergey Melikov, up to 1.5 million residents of the republic have fallen into the emergency zone due to large-scale floods.
“In total, taking into account 11 municipal entities, up to 1.5 million residents of the republic have fallen into the emergency zone. In addition, 6,229 people, including 1,300 children, have been evacuated,” he stated.
Work continues in the territory of Dagestan to eliminate the consequences of heavy torrential rains that caused large-scale floods in several districts at the end of March and beginning of April. The situation is complicated in the districts of Makhachkala, Khasavyurt, and Derbent, where dozens of houses and household plots have been submerged, and several bridges have been washed away by water. According to official data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 6 people have died, 3 of whom are children.