The floods have submerged components of the regional capital, Kherson. (File)
Kyiv, Ukraine:
Flooding from the Kakhovka dam breach extends over 600 sq. kilometres on the Ukrainian-held proper financial institution of the Dnipro River and the Russian-held left financial institution, the area’s governor stated on Thursday.
“The common stage of flooding is 5.61 metres. 600 sq. kilometres of the Kherson area are beneath water, of which 32 % is the precise financial institution and 68 % is the left financial institution,” Kherson area governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated on social media.
“The common stage of flooding is 5.61 metres,” he stated, including that “regardless of the hazard and heavy Russian shelling, the evacuation from the flooded space continues”.
Prokudin stated the state of affairs in Russian-held areas was “extraordinarily troublesome”.
The state emergency service of Ukraine stated 1,995 individuals had been evacuated from flooded areas, together with 103 youngsters.
Many extra have fled of their very own accord.
The state emergency service stated that on the Ukrainian-held facet of the river “a complete of 20 settlements and a pair of,629 homes” had been flooded.
The floods have submerged components of the regional capital, Kherson.
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