Water level drops by 27 cm in Kherson region and by 3 cm in Mykolaiv aquatorium; 3,600 houses remain flooded

The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration, Serhiy Prokudin, and the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, reported the information.

"The water levels are gradually decreasing. As of this morning, the average level of flooding is 2.7 meters, which is 27 centimeters lower than the previous night," Prokudin said.

Sienkevych noted that as of 9 am the water level in Mykolaiv's aquatorium had dropped by 3 cm.

As a result of the flooding caused by the Kakhovka HPP destruction, 2 bodies have been discovered in the Kherson region. The overall toll includes 10 people dead, 20 injured, and 42 missing. A total of 2,757 people, including 263 children and 77 individuals with limited mobility, have been rescued from the affected cities, towns, and villages.

Currently, 17 settlements on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region are submerged due to the flooding. Russian troops are not assisting in the evacuation of the local residents in any of these areas. However, the Ukrainian side has managed to evacuate 133 people.

The Kakhovka reservoir has already lost 72% of its water. The artificial reservoir is gradually becoming shallower. Meanwhile, in the Mykolaiv region, the water level is rising.

Water samples taken from the Inhulets River on June 9, following the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP, revealed that the concentration of harmful substances exceeded the permissible limit, according to the state environmental inspection.

The situation in the south of Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam explosion 

On June 6, invading Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, completely destroying it. As a result of the tragedy, settlements in the Kherson region, as well as villages and towns in the Mykolaiv region, were flooded. For a detailed coverage of the events, click here. For more news on the situation related to the hydroelectric power plant explosion, please click here.

Flooding was reported in four districts of Mykolaiv on Tuesday evening. The water level rose by 82 cm, leading to the destruction and flooding of bridges and gardens in the region.

As of June 8, the water level in Mykolaiv rose to 102 cm, and in the Kherson region, the water receded by 6 cm.

On Friday, June 9, the water level in Mykolaiv continued to be monitored. Overnight it dropped by 2 cm, and in the morning by another 3 cm.

On the morning of June 9, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said that the water level in the region had dropped by 20 cm, and 3,624 houses in 32 settlements were flooded.

On the morning of June 10, the water level in Mykolaiv was 88 centimeters. At the same time, in Kherson, the water level in the Dnipro exceeded the usual mark by 4 meters 72 centimeters, but overnight it dropped by 31 centimeters.

As of June 11, the water level in the Kherson region dropped by 26 centimeters to 4 meters 19 centimeters, and in Mykolaiv it was 69 cm.

On June 13, he said that the water level in the flooded areas of Kherson and the region was gradually falling. However, rescuers will conduct checks in the flooded areas for mines and ammunition.