Flooding level in Kherson Oblast decreases to 2.7 m
The average level of flooding in Kherson Oblast has dropped to 2.7 metres as of the morning of 13 June.
Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Headquarters for dealing with the aftermath of the Kakhovka HPP explosion
Quote from Prokudin: "The downward trend of the water level continues. As of the morning of 13 June, the average flood level is 2.7 metres, which is 27 cm less than last night.
On the right bank, 3,600 houses in 31 settlements remain flooded. During the past day, the water has receded from 200 houses."
Details: The head of the Oblast Military Administration reported that 10 people have died due to the Kakhovka HPP explosion, 20 more have been injured, and 42 people are missing.
1,660 people are participating in the rescue operation. 2,757 people have been rescued from flooded cities, towns and villages, including 263 children and 77 people with limited mobility.
On the left bank, 17 Russian-occupied settlements have been flooded. The Russians are not carrying out any evacuation. 133 people have been rescued from there [by the Ukrainian side - ed.].
The Headquarters for dealing with the aftermath of the Kakhovka HPP explosion reported that as of the morning of 13 June, the water level in the Dnipro at the Kherson marker has dropped by 3 metres and is 2.6 metres. The water level is dropping by 1-5 cm every hour.
According to an assessment by the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute based on satellite images, as of 11 June, 309 square kilometres were flooded in Kherson Oblast.
Communication with the measurement sensors has been lost in the Nikopol area. Therefore, there is currently no reliable data on a further decrease in the level. Currently, specialists are looking for possible ways to determine the level and volume of water in the Kakhovka Reservoir.
In the area of the Nizhniodniprovskyi nature park, the water is gradually receding.
Apart from that, draining of the water area in the Velykyi Luh and Kamianska Sich national parks continues.
Such draining threatens the complete disappearance of the Arkhipelah Velyki and Mali Kuchuhury wetlands.
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