KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, in a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part...
CNBC and NBC News have not been able to independently verify Ukraine’s or Russia’s claims about how the dam was initially damaged. Analysts say it’s also possible that the dam suffered some structural damage and mismanagement that undermined its strength before Tuesday’s breach. Ukraine’s ...
so “there may come a moment when an explosion occurs.” Other Ukrainian officials alleged Russia blew up the dam to hinder Kyiv's counteroffensive, even though observers note that crossing the broad Dnieper would be extremely challenging. Other sectors of the ...
Ukraine they control, threatening a massive flood that could displace hundreds of thousands of people, and ordered residents downriver to evacuate. Russian news agency Tass quoted an unspecified Russian government official as saying the dam had “collapsed” due to damage. (Maxa...
Flood impacts:The nuclear plant receives cooling water that’s critical for safety from a nearby thermal plant that is fed upstream from the reservoir adjacent to the Nova Kakhovka dam that collapsed last week. On Sunday, the IAEA said it needed access to a location near the plant to determin...
The death toll in Ukraine’s major dam collapse has risen to at least 45 people, officials said. The flood carried filthy water downstream and off the southern coast, posing serious health risks. Ukraine says it hit a “significant” Russian ammunition depot in the southern Kherson region Sund...
Emergency worker killed in Russian shelling on flood cleanup operations in Kherson From CNN's Yulia Kesaieva A flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, on June 10. Inna Varenytsia/Reuters At least one emergency worker was killed and eight others were injured...
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.
Volunteers and municipal workers recover a body from a flooded house in the Russian-occupied town of Hola Prystan, Ukraine, on June 16, as flood waters recede following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The destruction in flooded parts of the Russian...
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. Experts say the long-term consequences will be gene