Official: 2 city districts in Kherson flooded, over 600 residents evacuated.

Two city districts in Kherson have been flooded and over 600 residents have been evacuated, Kherson City Military Administration Head Roman Mrochko announced[1] in the afternoon of June 6. The two affected districts - Korabel and Richport - are positioned lower than the other parts, causing them to be most affected by the flooding. In Korabel, the water rose by 2.5 meters and is expected to continue to rise until 5 a.m. of the following day.

Settlements east of Kherson along the Dnipro River, including Antonivka and Sadove, were also flooded, according to Mrochko. More than 30 buses were allocated to evacuate citizens. Some 132 residents were temporarily put in the city's hospital, and more than 20 in humanitarian centers, where they can remain for some time.

Forty-three Kherson residents were evacuated by train and 109 by bus to other cities in Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, the city is also receiving[2] people evacuated from the most affected settlements in Kherson Oblast. Ukraine's Southern Operational Command reported[3] in the early hours of June 6 that Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam, causing massive flooding of villages downstream of the Dnipro River.

The destruction triggered a humanitarian and environmental disaster, causing machine oil leaks into the Dnipro River, dislodging mines[5], and threatening critical infrastructure, including the Kherson Thermal Power Plant.[4][6]

Russian forces destroy Kakhovka dam, triggering humanitarian disaster The dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces, was destroyed on the morning of June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine. Ukraine's Southern Operational Command reported early in the morning...

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent.

He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

1. ^ announced (www.facebook.com)
2. ^ receiving (www.ukrinform.ua)
3. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ leaks (kyivindependent.com)
5. ^ mines (kyivindependent.com)
6. ^ Kherson Thermal Power Plant (kyivindependent.com)
7. ^ Russian forces destroy Kakhovka dam, triggering humanitarian disasterThe dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces, was destroyed on the morning of June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

   Ukraine's Southern Operational Command reported early in the morning... (kyivindependent.com)