15:49, 13 April 2026

A woman and child trapped in an avalanche in Dagestan have been rescued.

The mother suffered multiple fractures, while her seven-year-old child was unharmed.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," an avalanche covered two houses in the mountain village of Shaitli. A woman and child were trapped under the snow.

Rescuers and volunteers pulled the woman and child alive from under the snowdrift. "In the Tsuntinsky District, a woman and child were pulled from under the rubble. They are alive, and doctors are working with them," TASS quotes Muslim Devrishbekov, head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for Dagestan.

The victims were rescued more than eight hours later after being trapped under the snow. The mother suffered multiple fractures as a result of the incident and was hospitalized. Her seven-year-old child was not injured, the Shot Telegram channel reported.

As a reminder, the road to the village of Guimi in the Laksky District is blocked by snow after a mudslide. residents can't even go for groceries, villagers said on April 12, complaining of a lack of assistance.

In early February, roads in the Tsuntinsky District were also blocked by snow due to avalanches, and local residents had to carry the body of the deceased several kilometers for burial in his home village.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422421