Ukrainians Face Worst Hazards As Floods Surge Through Kherson
Ukrainians abandoned their homes on Wednesday as floods surged through the south following the destruction of a huge hydroelectric dam on front lines between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Residents dragged through flooded streets carrying children on their shoulders, belongings in plastic bags, and dogs in their arms while rescuers used rubber boats to search areas where the water reached above head height. Ukraine expressed worry that the disaster would leave hundreds of thousands of people without access to drinking water, swamp ten of thousands of hectares of agricultural land and turn at least 500,000 hectares deprived of irrigation into deserts. Drones are being used to deliver water bottles to stranded people in Russian-controlled areas of the Kherson region.
