Three Dead, Hundreds Evacuated After Flooding In Western Ukraine

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June 24, 2020 08:44 GMT
Rainstorms in western Ukraine have killed three people and forced hundreds of others to evacuate their homes.The flooding has affected Ukraine's western regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zakarpattya, and Lviv.The three deaths occurred in the Verkhovyna district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, an area that has been cut off by flooded roads.Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov have visited the disaster zone -- an area where one emergency service report said about 5,000 houses in 187 villages remained flooded early on June 24.While many residents stayed behind to guard their property, Avakov said about 800 people had been evacuated since the rains began on June 22.Footage from regional authorities and on social media showed raging mountain rivers, a partially submerged village, and fields and roads that are covered by water.An Interior Ministry statement called it the most powerful flooding in many years. It said four helicopters, one airplane, and 150 soldiers have been deployed in the disaster zone.

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27 June 2020The United States allocated $ 100,000 to Ukraine to deal with floods in the west of the country. The US Embassy in Ukraine stated this on Facebook page."The United States of America supports Ukraine during this difficult time of severe floods in Western Ukraine. With the help of USAID, the American people will provide new financing in the amount of $100 thousand to support Ukraine in the fight against this humanitarian catastrophe," the statement said.Related:  Russia secretly offered Afghan militants bounties to kill U.S. troops, Intelligence saysThe embassy also noted that the United States will work closely with the Ukrainian government "to ensure the rapid and effective use of these funds."As we reported before, as floods are still observed in western Ukraine, flooding of houses, agricultural land, manure depots, landfills is very possible, and therefore the risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases and food poisoning increases."With the real threat of contamination of drinking water by the causative agents of viral hepatitis A, typhoid fever, dysentery, enterovirus infection and other infectious diseases, it is necessary to adhere to simple prevention rules," the Public Health Center noted.

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