Another death from flood reported in Kherson Oblast, 13 people still missing
Four people in Kherson Oblast have died as a result of flooding after the blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), 13 people are missing, and one person has died in Mykolaiv Oblast.
Source: Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko, who is in charge of the flood emergency response, on the situation as of 12:00
Quote: "2,412 people have been evacuated [in Kherson Oblast - ed]. Four people have died. 11 were injured as a result of shelling during the evacuation measures. 13 people are considered missing.
In Mykolaiv Oblast, 23 settlements have been flooded. 825 people have been evacuated. One person has died."
Details: Klymenko said 48 settlements have been flooded in Kherson Oblast, of which 34 (3,625 houses) are in Ukrainian-controlled territory and 14 are in temporarily occupied territory.
Previously:
- On 7 June, it was reported that three people had died in a flood in the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast.
- On 8 June, another person was reported dead in Mykolaiv Oblast.
Background:
- On the morning of 6 June, Operational Command Pivden (South) reported that the Russian occupiers had blown up the Kakhovka HPP. Later, the Oblast Military Administration confirmed this information. The dam and turbine hall of the HPP have been completely destroyed. The water is moving in a big stream and very quickly. The HPP is beyond repair.
- Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, reported that the evacuation of the local population from dangerous areas had begun.
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