The head of the regional government, Andrei Alekseyenko, said Tuesday that the death toll following the destruction of the dam at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and heavy flooding in the Kherson region has risen to 17.
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According to the official, the deaths were confirmed in two small towns downstream of the broken Kakhovka dam: 12 dead in Hola Prystan and five in Oleshky.
Alexeyenko said he had initiated compensation payments to victims worth 10,000 rubles and that so far more than 500 applications have been accepted in the towns of Aleshki, Hola Pristan, Novaya Kakhovka, at the Skadovsk temporary accommodation post, at Zheleznaya port and in other areas.
The regional chairman warned that “the analysis of the 9 selected wells in Golaya Pristan showed that it is undrinkable. Both bacteriologically and chemically, it is simply dangerous to health.”
El número de muertos tras la destrucción de la presa de la central hidroeléctrica de Kakhovka y las intensas inundaciones en la región de Kherson ha ascendido a 17, según declaró el martes el jefe del gobierno regional, Andrei Alekseyenko.
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June 13, 2023
The death toll following the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam and heavy flooding in the Kherson region has risen to 17, the head of the regional government, Andrei Alekseyenko, said Tuesday.
He said that every day samples are taken from different water sources in all areas of the emergency zone.
As of Monday afternoon, the waters have completely receded in Nova Kakhovka, south of the dam, and work has begun to clean up the area, according to the official.
An attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant on June 6 caused catastrophic flooding after the dam collapsed, forcing thousands of residents to flee. According to local emergency services, more than 7,100 people have been evacuated, including 421 children.
