7 June 2023

A flooded neighborhood is seen in Kherson, Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 7, after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
— Photo by Libkos / AP

Streets in Kherson lie submerged in floodwater following the dam breach.
— Photo by Libkos / AP



Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed. Residents of southern Ukraine, some who spent the night on rooftops, braced for a second day of swelling floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a giant reservoir.
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A view of the roofs of flooded private houses, in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month.
— Photo by Libkos / AP

A view from the roof of residential building in a flooded area of Kherson on June 7.
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A local resident is seen on an inflatable mattress in a flooded area in Kherson.
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Military chaplains talk to residents stranded in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson after the dam collapsed.
— Photo by Felipe Dana / AP

People are evacuated from flooded areas in Kherson, Ukraine on June 7.
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Rescuers evacuate a local resident from a flooded area in Kherson on June 7.
— Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko / Reuters

Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached.
— Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko / Reuters

Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the Kakhovka dam was blown up.
— Photo by Roman Hrytsyna / AP Photo

An elderly woman is evacuated from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 7.
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Volunteers evacuate dogs and goats from the flooded city in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
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Residents are evacuated from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine on Wednesday.
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Residents save animals from a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine on Wednesday.
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A man uses a stand up paddle board to reach his house in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the Kakhovka dam was blown up.
— Photo by Roman Hrytsyna / AP Photo

Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed.
— Photo by Roman Hrytsyna / AP Photo

A general view shows a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, 07 June 2023.
— Photo by George Ivanchenko / EFE

Residents evacuate from their building in a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, 07 June 2023.
— Photo by George Ivanchenko / EFE

A general view shows residents using rubber boats as they evacuate from a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, 07 June 2023.
— Photo by George Ivanchenko / EFE

Residents use a rubber boat as they evacuate from a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, 07 June 2023.
— Photo by George Ivanchenko / EFE

Local residents save animals from a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, 07 June 2023.
— Photo by Mykola Tymchenko / EPA

A cat tries to keep hanging on a gas pipe as she tries to escape from a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, 07 June 2023.
— Photo by Mykola Tymchenko / EPA

Ukrainian volunteers search for stranded animals in a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, on June 7, 2023.
— Photo by Mykola Tymchenko / EPA

A volunteer evacuates a dog from the roof of a house of a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo

People ride by a boat through a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo