The destruction of the dam has immediate and long-term environmental and safety consequences for the region.
It's been more than a week since the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, but the devastating effects continue to grow.
Downstream, houses, businesses, and farmland are drowning in the floodwaters unleashed by the destroyed dam.Nature conservation areas bordering the flooded river have been completely submerged.
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