"Extensive flooding inundated villages and swept away structures after a dam was destroyed in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, according to local officials and imagery of the aftermath. With the waters still rising and reliable information hard to come by — especially from Russian-held areas east of the Dnipro River — the full magnitude of the threat was difficult to gauge. But some towns are already submerged, and more than 40,000 people may be in the path of the flooding on both sides of the river, according to the deputy prosecutor general of Ukraine.The river is not expected to crest until Wednesday morning. ...”
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