Floods kill 3 in Russia, thousands evacuated after dam wall breaks in Dagestan

A woman and her daughter died and 4,000 people had to be evacuated when a dam wall broke in Russia’s Dagestan republic in the south of the country following heavy rain, the Civil Protection Ministry reported on Monday. Another person died in a landslide, authorities said. Around 2,000 homes were flooded in the Derbent region on the Caspian Sea. The bodies of the woman and her daughter, a child, were found, but other people remain missing. Social media videos showed flooded villages and highwa...

By dpa

Flashfloods Triggered by Heavy Rain in Dagestan Kill At Least 3 People

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes after a dam breach at the Gedzhukh reservoir, authorities said.