Access to eight villages in the mountains of Dagestan has been restored.

Road workers have restored transport links to eight villages in the Charodinsky District.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," access to eight villages in the Charodinsky District (Shalib, Alchunib, Archib, Keseribi, Khilih, Khitab, Kalib, and Kubatl) was blocked on the evening of May 11 after the Risor River washed out the approach to a temporary bridge on the Tsurib-Archib highway. Villages are left without transport links.

In the Charodinsky District, a temporary road has been established on the Tsurib-Archib highway, Dagestanavtodor reported today at 4:50 PM Moscow time on its Telegram channel.

"Work to restore the approach to the temporary bridge continues. Transport links with eight villages in the Charodinsky District have been restored," the publication stated.

As a reminder, on April 26, traffic on the Tsurib-Archib highway was also closed following a rockfall. Access to 16 villages in the Charodinsky District was blocked, and road clearing was complicated by repeated landslides. Later, a temporary traffic route was established on the Tsurib-Archib road.

In late March and early April, dozens of road sections in Dagestan were closed after floods, landslides, and, in mountainous areas, avalanches and snowstorms. The floods that hit the North Caucasus this spring were among the most devastating in recent years. Six people, including three minors, died as a result of the flooding in Dagestan. Dagestan and Chechnya suffered the most from the natural disaster, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026".

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials about flooding in the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District in the spring of 2026 on the thematic page "Flooding in the North Caucasus".