More than 500 people were cut off by a mudflow in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria, a source in the region’s emergency services told RIA Novosti.

"Cut off 27 tourist centers and 49 registered tour groups, consisting of more than 500 people, including 133 foreigners,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

In addition to the Russians, representatives of 14 countries were blocked, including the USA, Germany, China, Poland, Slovenia and Malaysia.

According to the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria, powerful mudflow descended from the slopes of the Adyl-Su gorge. In addition, due to heavy rains, the water level in the Baksan River rose, the Prokhladny-Azau federal road was washed out in several places and three pedestrian bridge. Mudflows also cut off five settlements, home to almost six thousand people.

As noted in the department of federal highways"Caucasus", the section of the A-158 Prokhladny - Baksan - Elbrus highway from the 63rd to the 93rd kilometer is closed to traffic. The Ministry of Internal Affairs asked residents to temporarily refrain from traveling to the Elbrus region.

More than ten pieces of equipment are involved in eliminating the consequences of the mudflow. Specialists are strengthening sections of roads that are in the derailment zone.

IN mountainous areas Kabardino-Balkaria is predicted heavy rain and thunderstorm, a storm warning has been issued.

The head of Kabardino-Balkaria, Yuri Kokov, said that groups of foreign tourists should leave on September 1, 2 and 3. The republic's leadership has a clear action plan in an emergency situation.

Additional buses have been reserved for the evacuation of tourists. In the area affected by the mudflow there are 49 tourist groups. One of the registered groups of 17 tourists could not be contacted.

“The task has been set to minimize inconvenience for both residents and vacationers,” Kokov emphasized.

The mudflow damaged a high-pressure gas pipeline. Verkhniy Baksan, Neutrino, Terskol, Tegenekli and Elbrus were left without gas. By the end of September 1, it is planned to connect these settlements to gas supply according to a temporary scheme.

The mudflow carried three cars into the river. Two people were rescued, the search for three continues. Among the missing is the head of the rural settlement of Elbrus, Mussa Dzhappuev.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the group of rescuers is increasing to eliminate the consequences of a mudflow, said the head of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Igor Oder. Rescuers from Kabardino-Balkaria are sent to Stavropol Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia. The third Mi-8 rescue helicopter has been sent to the region. Rescuers have been given the primary task of organizing communications in the emergency region.

The head of the Elbrus administration, Musa Dzhappuev, disappeared in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria. His car was swept into the river when the road collapsed, and then carried away by the current.

A local resident who was with the head of the village administration managed to jump out of the car.

Mudflows from the surrounding slopes descended near the villages of Verkhniy Baksan and Elbrus. The villages of Verkhniy Baksan, Neutrino, Tegenekli, Terskol and Elbrus were left without gas supply due to damage to the 250-mm high-pressure gas pipeline, Interfax reports. The Prokhladny-Azau federal road has been washed out in several places, and mudflows have also demolished three pedestrian bridges. The mudflow blocked more than three hundred tourists in the mountains. An Mi-8 helicopter will be used to search for them.

Joint actions in the disaster zone were discussed by the Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov and the head of Kabardino-Balkaria Yuri Kokov. Despite sitting down, educational process in schools in villages on September 1, Knowledge Day, is not violated.

In the Elbrus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, residents are being evacuated due to a mudflow.

Rescuers are evacuating almost 1,000 residents of the high-mountain town of Tyrnyauz in Kabardino-Balkaria. In the city, along the floodplain of the Gerkhozhan-Suu River, a continuous mudflow has been going down for an hour, TASS reports with reference to the department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the republic. The administration of the Elbrus region has introduced a state of emergency.

From the message of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: “For preventive purposes, 978 residents are being evacuated from four apartment buildings.”

Temporary accommodation centers have been prepared for residents.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, where a powerful mudflow occurred at night, rescuers expanded the search area for missing people. As a result of prolonged downpours, streams of water, stones and mud fell on villages, destroyed sections of roads, gas pipelines, washed away cars with people, and changed the direction of the Baksan River. More than seven thousand people were cut off from the mainland, among them hundreds of tourists. People are evacuated from the disaster zone by helicopters.

Rescuers, police, heavy equipment: the Baksan Gorge is crowded. There are hundreds of uprooted century-old pines in the river. Along the destroyed banks there are remains of metal bridge structures. In just a few hours, powerful downpours in the mountains tore down a huge mudflow from the slopes.

In cut off from Mainland There are hundreds of people in the villages, including tourists and climbers. In these populated areas There is electricity, water, a paramedic and obstetric station. The connection is only mobile, but still stable.

The leadership of the republic has organized an operational headquarters, where all information from the problematic gorge flows. Military engineers are ready to come to the aid of civilian specialists; the forward detachment of the 58th Army is located two dozen kilometers from the scene of the emergency. It will take more than one day to restore the destroyed roads.

The surviving bridges and crossings have been taken under control by rescuers, their mobile posts are monitoring the river level. Its value is still reaching critical levels.

On the night of September 1, mudflows occurred in Kabardino-Balkaria. As a result, more than 500 people were blocked, including tourists from other countries. Consequences of mudflows - in the RBC photo gallery

Information about the mudflow in the area of ​​the villages of Elbrus and Verkhniy Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria was received by the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 2:50 local time. As a result of the incident, more than 500 people were blocked, about 5 thousand people were left without gas supply due to damage to the gas pipeline.​

Locals appeared after the Baksan River overflowed its banks and mudflows descended from the slope of the Adyl-Su gorge. Heavy rains washed out the Prokhladny-Azau federal road, as well as three pedestrian bridges. Mudflows also cut off five settlements, home to almost 6 thousand people.

According to RIA Novosti, as a result of the mudflow, 27 tourist centers and 49 registered tourist groups, consisting of more than 500 people, including 133 foreign tourists from 14 countries, were cut off.

A storm warning has been declared in the region; heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast in the mountainous regions of Kabardino-Balkaria.

More than 30 pieces of equipment, as well as about 150 people from the personnel of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, were involved in eliminating the consequences of the mudflow. IN this moment 245 people are working on site; specialists are strengthening sections of roads that are in the derailment zone.

Earlier, flows of water and mud pushed three cars into the river, one of which contained the head of the Elbrus village, Mussa Dzhappuev. The search for him continues. Information on the number of victims is being clarified.

On the night of August 31 to September 1, a powerful mudflow occurred in the area of ​​the villages of Elbrus and Verkhniy Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria. It damaged the Prokhladny – Azau road, 3 pedestrian bridges and a gas pipeline. As a result, about 6,000 people were left without gas and road transport. mobile connection There is. There are now about 500 tourists from 14 countries in the area. 27 tourist bases in this area were cut off from civilization. While people are being evacuated by helicopter.

Mudflow in Kabardino-Balkaria: August 2017

Mudflow in Kabardino-Balkaria August 2017 came down from the slopes of the Adyl-Su gorge and caused the Baksan River to overflow due to the breakthrough of a mountain lake.
And here is a video of the crash in the KBR from the NTV channel.

Currently, 553 people and 82 pieces of equipment are working in the area of ​​the natural disaster, who are busy strengthening the roadway at the site of the mudflow.

Photo from the archives of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

According to unverified information, a mudflow pushed 3 cars into the river. The number of victims of mudflows in Kabardino-Balkaria in 2017 is still being clarified. So far, 1 person is considered dead, and 3 are missing, including the head of the rural settlement of Elbrus.
There is now a storm warning in the area. Repeated gatherings are possible.
And this is what the area looks like now. Aerial photography.

Let me remind you that in Kabardino-Balkaria there are 7 five-thousanders of the Caucasus, including Elbrus, as well as many mountain lakes and waterfalls, where tourists come every year.

Breakthrough upper lake on the Bashkara glacier in the upper reaches of the Adyl-su gorge in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria caused a powerful mudflow that washed away seven sections of the Prokhladny-Azau federal road and damaged the gas pipeline in the Baksan gorge of Kabardino-Balkaria, reports with reference to the director of the High Mountain Geophysical Institute Mukhtar Bekkiev.

The scientist said that draining water from lower lake It's running almost as usual. Experts do not expect a new breakthrough in the near future. Observation posts have been operating on the Bashkarinsky lakes for several years, since the danger of a breakthrough in the ice barrier has existed for a long time. and scientists warned about this. Why the monitoring did not work remains to be seen.

Tonight a powerful mudflow descended along the Adyl-su gorge. The mud-stone mass was washed out into the Baksan Gorge. It changed the course of the Baksan River and destroyed seven sections of the Prokhladny-Azau road total length 3.3 km. One of the completely washed away sections is 300 meters long, the rest are 150 and 120 meters long.

At the same time, the water also washed away three cars with people. Three people are listed as missing. Among them is the head of the administration of the village of Elbrus, Mussa Dzhappuev, who was the first to arrive at the scene of the emergency in order to take measures to evacuate people if necessary. While driving, the road collapsed and the car ended up in a stream of water. Two escaped. The search for the missing continues.

Six villages (1 thousand 465 subscribers) were left without gas supply - Terskol, Tegenekli, Elbrus, Neutrino, Baydayevka and Verkhniy Baksan.

On the cut off from transport communication On the territory of the Elbrus region there are 7,750 residents and vacationers. Including 49 registered tourist groups (301 tourists), of which 20 groups (133 people) are foreign tourists. There are 525 people in total, including seven children. There is electricity, drinking water and food supplies for several days.

Those who wanted to were evacuated by helicopter to Tyrnyauz, then by bus. Priority was given to those who had last minute tickets. However, after six flights were made, the weather did not allow further flights.

In the Elbrus and Baksan regions of Kabardino-Balkaria, a state of emergency has been introduced since September 1.

The head of Kabardino-Balkaria, Yuri Kokov, assessed from a helicopter the scale of the disaster in the settlements of the Elbrus region affected by the mudflows. A meeting of the emergency response headquarters was held in Tyrnyauz.

Yuri Kokov called the main and main task to establish the location of people, increase the grouping of search groups, expand the search area (along the floodplain of the Baksan River in the Elbrus, Baksan and Chegem regions), restore transport links, gas supply (before the end of daylight hours), connecting to it first turn social facilities, educational institutions, health care, first aid stations, provision of reserve supplies of water, food, medicines.

By order of the Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a state of emergency is in effect in the Elbrus and Baksan regions.