Floods in Russia’s Dagestan have affected thousands. Experts say the disaster reflects not just extreme weather, but deep infrastructure failures.

More than 6,200 people were affected by a series of floods in Dagestan, the region’s head, Sergey Melikov, said on April 7. The hardest-hit areas were Makhachkala, Kaspiysk, and the Khasavyurtovsky and Derbentsky districts, though the situation is now “stabilizing,” according to Melikov.