Ukraine, Russia Say Over 2,700 Evacuated From Kakhovka Dam Flooding: Officials

Kyiv, Ukraine, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Jun, 2023 ) :More than 2,700 people have been evacuated on both sides of the Dnipro River from flooding caused by the destruction of the Russian-occupied Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, officials said Wednesday.

A spokesman for Ukraine's emergency services, Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, said on television that "more than 1,450 people have been evacuated".

"Currently there is no information about the dead or injured," he said, adding that the water level in the city of Kherson had risen by five metres.

Officials have said thousands more will have to leave their homes and many are already doing so under their own steam.

The Moscow-installed deputy governor for Kherson region, Tatyana Kuzmich, said 1,274 were evacuated on the Russian-controlled side of the river.

Kuzmich said the figure included 38 people who had been rescued from the roofs of houses, adding that some residents were still stranded.

"According to data from the emergencies ministry, 1,274 have been rescued, 32 of them disabled," she said on Russian state television.

She said there were currently 350 people staying in temporary shelters.