PhotosUkraine: Residents Of Kherson Asked To Evacuate After Russia Attacks Dam In Dnipro River
Ukraine: Residents Of Kherson Asked To Evacuate After Russia Attacks Dam In Dnipro River
The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine has collapsed, triggering floods, endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies. Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, risking environmental disaster.
Updated: 07 Jun 2023 2:39 pm
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Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed. Residents of southern Ukraine, some who spent the night on rooftops, braced for a second day of swelling floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a giant reservoir.
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Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam was blown up.
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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows flooded homes along the Dnipro river, in southeast kherson, southern Ukraine.
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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows flooded port facilities and industrial area in Kherson, southern Ukraine.
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Local residents carry their belongings as they evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Iryna Sokeryna holds her daughter Liubov Sokeryna as they take cover from Russian shelling while being evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Local residents carry their belongs as they evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Rescue workers attempt to tow boats carrying residents being evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Rescue workers attempt to tow boats carrying residents being evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine.
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People wait for an evacuation train at a railway station in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Local resident Tetiana holds her pets, Tsatsa and Chunya, as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Local residents try to ride their bikes along a flooded road after the Kakhovka dam blew overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine.
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This image made from video provided by Ukraine's Presidential Office shows the damaged Kakhovka dam near Kherson, Ukraine.