During the day, the water level in the Kakhov reservoir decreased by 2.5 meters

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On Wednesday, the water level in the Kakhovsky Reservoir continued to decrease, it decreased by almost 2.5 meters per day.

About this reported press service of Ukrhydroenergo.

At 10 am on Wednesday, the level of the reservoir in the Nikopol area is 14.41 m.

The destruction of the spillway dam, the earthen insert between the station building and the lock, continues.

No extraordinary events were recorded during the night. The intensity of flooding is decreasing, however, due to significant destruction of the dam, water will still arrive, Ukrhydroenergo notes.

As a result of Russians undermining the Kakhovskaya HPP, 1,852 houses have already been flooded in the right-bank Kherson region. 1457 people were evacuated.

Currently, almost 800 people and more than 170 units of emergency services have been involved in dealing with the consequences.

Read also: Everything you need to know about the Kakhovskaya HPP disaster

We remind you:

Harmful substances from the bottom of the Kakhovsky Reservoir and the plague of fish, which will begin in a few days, can make unsuitable for the use of water in the areas flooded as a result of the occupiers undermining the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant.

According to forecasts of “Ukrhydroenergo”, the peak of water spillage from the Kakhov reservoir should take place today, June 7, and in 2-4 days the Kakhov reservoir will disappear.

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