Dam collapse in Russia's Dagestan causes multiple deaths and mass evacuations
Following heavy rainfall, a dam wall broke in Dagestan, Russia's south, leading to significant flooding. The incident resulted in the deaths of at least three people and necessitated the evacuation of thousands.
A woman and her daughter died and 4,000 people had to be evacuated when a dam wall broke in Russiaโs 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 highways....