The Dagestan Floods Show How Fast Extreme Weather Turns Into an Infrastructure Crisis

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