Flooding of July 6–7, 2012, in the Town of Krymsk

The paper analyzes the features of the flooding in the town of Krymsk (Krasnodar krai) that led to a large number of victims. Along with the main cause of the disaster, extreme rainfall, a considerable role was played by mudflows and slides sporadically blocking the river beds, as well as anthropogenic factors, including the built-up of the low floodplain of the Adagum River, insufficient throughput capacity of bridge spans for the unhampered passage of flood waters, and littered beds.