2023-06-07 05:23:10
A day following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine, the water level in the nearby flooded town of Nova Kakhovka is gradually receding, according to Russian occupation authorities. The water level on the previously flooded streets is beginning to drop, the city administration installed by Russia said. Downstream, however, the water level on the banks of the Dnipro has continued to rise. Seven people were missing.
At least seven people have been reported missing in Nowa Kakhovka, the city’s “mayor” Vladimir Leontiev told the Russian news agency TASS on Wednesday. The situation is most difficult in the Korabel district of the city of Kherson, said the Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Ukrainian President, Oleksiy Kuleba. The water reached a level of 3.5 meters there, and more than 1,000 houses were flooded. “Residents are sitting on the roofs of their houses, waiting for rescue. These are Russian crimes once morest people, nature and life itself,” Kuleba wrote on Telegram.
The Kachowka dam on the Dnipro in Russian-occupied territory was largely destroyed in an explosion on Tuesday night, and large amounts of water escaped. Ukrainian authorities initiated the evacuation of around 17,000 people, and another 25,000 residents were to be taken away from the side occupied by Russia. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the destruction of the dam.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that the dam collapse will have “serious and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine on both sides of the frontline, who will lose their homes, food, clean water and livelihoods.” The actual extent of the disaster will only become apparent in the coming days.
So far no deaths are known. However, US government spokesman John Kirby believes the floods are likely to result in “many deaths”. According to experts, the floods should peak on Wednesday.
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