An injured griffon vulture was found in a village in the Sisian community of Armenia. This rare bird species is listed in the country's Red Book.

The natural disaster that struck the North Caucasus and southern Russia continues to cause serious damage. Flooded homes, hail-destroyed crops, overturned ships, and human tragedies—the consequences of this unruly weather are becoming increasingly tangible.

Yesterday evening, a heavy downpour with hail and squalls lashed the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia. The storm began around 10:00 PM. Residents of the republic are posting videos on social media featuring powerful thunderclaps and bright flashes of lightning.

Over the past half-century, the ice cover on Mount Elbrus has noticeably shrunk, retreating by approximately 300 meters. Natalia Kondratieva, Doctor of Geographical Sciences and head of the Glaciology Laboratory at the High Mountain Geophysical Institute, attributed this to a rise in air temperature of almost one degree Celsius and increased precipitation.

The Mussa-Achitara peak in Dombay (Karachay-Cherkessia), located at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, is covered in snow.

The Gorny Benoy children's camp in the Nozhai-Yurtovsky District of Chechnya will be unable to accommodate its first campers due to ongoing landslides.

Roads to several villages and tourist sites in Dagestan and Ingushetia have been closed due to rockfalls and landslides.

Heavy rains in Chechnya have caused a mudflow and traffic restrictions in the republic's mountainous regions.

Heavy rains in Chechnya have resulted in mudflows, power outages, and infrastructure damage in several districts of the republic.

A devastating flood in Dagestan has resulted in massive landslides, affecting more than 6,000 people and 25 communities. The disaster destroyed several roads and damaged approximately 200 homes. More than 3,000 people in the Derbent and Tsumadinsky districts were left without gas due to damaged utility lines. The main causes of the disaster are believed to be abnormally heavy rainfall, which oversaturated the soil, as well as aggravating factors such as chaotic construction and worn-out utility lines.