Kherson Residents Evacuate on Both Sides of River Frontline Following Dam Breach

Kherson Residents Evacuate on Both Sides of River Frontline Following Dam Breach
Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 7, 2023. Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters
Adam Morrow
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Local residents in the Kherson region of Ukraine continue to struggle with rising floodwaters one day after a critical hydroelectric dam was breached by as-yet-unknown causes.

“Everything is submerged in water: all the furniture, the fridge, food ... everything is floating,” one 53-year-old resident of Kherson city, the Ukrainian-held regional capital, told Reuters.