Over 6000 people have been evacuated! Ukrainian Hydroelectric Company: Reservoir water loss has exceeded one-third, and the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station has been hit, causing flooding. Water level | Region | Reservoir
According to Salido, the temporary head of the Russian controlled Kherson region, as of the morning of June 10th, over 6000 people, including 235 children and 81 people with limited mobility, have been evacuated from multiple flood affected municipalities in the Kherson region. Over 1700 evacuated individuals have been sent to temporary resettlement sites, and 62 have been hospitalized for treatment.
The water level in the city of Novokhovka has further fallen, dropping by 3 meters in one day, with a current depth of 7 meters. The work of pumping water and clearing street debris has begun.
The water level in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River has also begun to decline, with the Alyoshki water level dropping from 5 meters to 3 meters and the Gorayapristani water level dropping from 5 meters to 4 meters.
According to the calculation of the Russian Water Resources Agency, the Dnieper River will return to the normal riverbed downstream of the Kakhovka hydropower station before June 16th.
On June 10th local time, Ukrainian Hydroelectric Company announced that as of the morning of that day, more than one-third of the water in the Kakhovka Reservoir had been lost, and the operational capacity of hydroelectric power plants in the region was declining.