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Home»World News»Evacuation Begins After Kakhovka Dam Blast Leaves Many Homeless
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Evacuation Begins After Kakhovka Dam Blast Leaves Many Homeless

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The Russian-installed administration of Kherson region in Ukraine, has commenced evacuation in three districts – Nova Kakhovka, Golo Pristan and Oleshky, after a dam blast in one of the districts.

The latter two lie across the mouth of the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian-held regional capital, also named Kherson.

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from settlements along the southern stretch of Ukraine’s Dnipro River after water burst through the breached Nova Kakhovka dam, submerging streets and town squares.

The collapse of the structure at the southern tip of the vast Kakhovka Reservoir unleashed a torrent of water on Tuesday, adding to misery for thousands of people who have been caught on the front lines of the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Looking downstream, Russia controls the left bank of the Dnipro and the dam itself, and Ukraine holds the right bank. Each side has blamed the other for causing the damage.

Footage posted on social media shows severe flooding in the Russian-controlled town of Nova Kakhovka, which is next to the dam.

Its Russian-installed mayor said water levels had risen to more than 11 metres (36 feet) and some residents had been taken to hospital. He did not give details.

READ ALSO: Two Killed, 30 Injured As Russian Missile Hit Ukraine City

In one clip, swans swim past the ornate city council building, and in another, a sports stadium next to the river is inundated.

“The water flow in the Dnipro River and its tributaries is very powerful,” Kherson resident Oleksandr Syomyk said as he stood beside the swollen river.

Ukrainian police released a video showing an officer carrying an elderly woman to safety and residents wading to safety through knee-deep water in the Kherson region.

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, a senior official in Ukraine’s Kherson military administration, warned that worse was to come.

“We already evacuated about 1,000 people. We have about 50 buses shuttling between Kherson and the affected villages. In Kherson, we have four evacuation sites prepared.”

Oleksandr Prokudin, the governor of Ukraine-controlled Kherson, along the west bank of the Dnipro river, says at least 71 houses and three bridges have been damaged due to the dam breach.

“We are evacuating people from settlements that are in the flood zone. For this purpose, 50 buses and a large number of people, (including) volunteers, police officers, emergency services, and military administration personnel were involved,” he said in a statement on Telegram and added that water is continuing to flood towns and villages in the region.

The dam supplies water to farms in southern Ukraine and the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. It also cools the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

The heavy damage the dam has sustained creates a new humanitarian disaster just as Ukraine is unleashing a long-awaited counteroffensive to drive Russian troops from its territory.

Golo Pristan Kherson region in Ukraine Nova Kakhovka Oleshky
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