I do not know what to do,” Oksana, a 53-year-old resident of Kherson, one of the cities downriver from the dam, told Reuters. “Everything is submerged in water, all the furniture, the fridge, food, all flowers, everything is floating. The head of International Atomic Energy said that there is “no immediate risk” to the plant’s safety, according to The Washington Post.Įmergency crews have started evacuations - there are 22,000 people in Russian-controlled areas at risk of flooding, while there are 16,000 who live in the critical zone in Ukrainian territory at risk, The Associated Press reported.įloodwaters swept over homes in nearby communities Wednesday, leaving “hundreds of thousands of people without access to drinking water,” per Reuters. The volume of water the dam holds back is comparable to the size of the Great Salt Lake, per BBC. The incident also threatens Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, because it endangers water supplies that cool it. The Khakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant is located on the Dnieper River, where Russia has taken control. Russia and Ukraine each blamed the other for the incident. A major dam experienced a wall collapsing in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, causing floods and threatening water supplies.
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