Towns submerged, villages evacuated as dam breach floods southern Ukraine

1. Towns submerged, villages evacuated as dam breach floods southern Ukraine

2. A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

3. A local resident reacts as she waits in a line for humanitarian aid after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, in Kherson, June 11. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

4. Local residents wait for a barge to evacuate their cows from the village of Afanasiivka in Mykolaiv region, June 9. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

5. A boy plays at a playground in a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 9. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko

6. Deminers stand next to the wreckage of an S-300 rocket, which fell a few months ago in the Dnipro river and became visible after water level sharply dropped following the Kakhovka dam destruction in Zaporizhzhia, June 12. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

7. A local resident looks out of a window of an apartment building in a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

8. Volunteers sail on boats at a flooded street during evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

9. Local residents evacuate their cows on a barge from the village of Afanasiivka, which was partly flooded after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, June 9. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

10. A view shows a dried-up river bank after water level in the Dnipro river sharply dropped following the Kakhovka dam destruction near Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 11. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets

11. A man moors a boat at a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 9. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

12. Local residents react after evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine, June 9. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

13. Volunteers evacuate a local resident from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine, June 9. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

14. A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov

15. Members of Russia's emergencies ministry use an inflatable boat in a flooded area during a rescue operation following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8.

16. A man sails in a motor boat with a dog through a flooded residential area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

17. Local resident Valentina, who spent two days on the roof of a flooded house, reacts after being evacuated to a non-flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled

18. Members of Russia's emergencies ministry use an inflatable boat in a flooded area during a rescue operation following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8.

19. People sail on a boat with dogs in a flooded residential area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

20. A view shows a flooded residential area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

21. Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

22. Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

23. A local resident walks along a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

24. Local residents sail on boats at a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

25. A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets

26. A man intending to offer assistance to local residents moves amid a flooded residential area, that is submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the settlement of Korsunka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine,

27. A view shows a house submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the settlement of Korsunka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

28. Volunteers evacuate dogs, previously sedated, from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

29. Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

30. Dead fish are seen on the drained bottom of the Nova Kakhovka reservoir after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in the village of Marianske in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, June 7. REUTERS/Sergiy Chalyi

31. Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

32. Local residents walk in a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko

33. Local residents sail on a boat at a street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

34. Volunteers sail on a boat during an evacuation of local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

35. A view shows a flooded entrance to a sports stadium, that submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

36. Police evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko

37. An aerial view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine, June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia

38. A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets

39. Oleksandra walks around her house on a flooded street, after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

40. Local residents carry their personal belongings on a flooded street in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

41. Local residents carry their personal belongings on a flooded street in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

42. A local resident walks on a flooded street after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Stringer