The Dagestan Floods Show How Fast Extreme Weather Turns Into an Infrastructure Crisis
The Dagestan floods matter because they stopped being “bad weather” almost immediately and turned into a full infrastructure emergency. Reuters reported on March 28 that authorities declared a state of emergency in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s southern Dagestan region, after heavy rainfall caused flooding and cut electricity to more than 327,000 people across 283 … Read more