Kherson Residents Evacuated As Floodwaters Rise

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Kherson residents could only watch as floodwaters engulfed their neighborhoods near the rising Dnieper River following the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Ukrainian officials say tens of thousands of people live in at-risk areas. At least 16,000 reside in a critical flood zone on the west bank of the Kherson region alone.