An investigation has found that Russian authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine – the flooding that followed the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region. Russia said 59 people drowned after the catastrophic explosion in the territory it […]
An investigation has found that Russian authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine – the flooding that followed the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region. Russia said 59 people drowned after the catastrophic explosion in the territory it […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region. The AP’s reporting focused on Oleshky, one town in the vast […]
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — They recognized the TV repairman. The residents of Oleshky in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine could not identify many of those they buried after a catastrophic dam collapse in June sent water coursing through their homes and shattered their lives. The bodies were too bloated and discolored, volunteer rescuers and health workers said. […]
Dec. 27—NEW ALBANY — The Indiana Natural Resources Commission upheld a decision in favor of a company planning to remove Providence Mill Dam from Silver Creek. Elizabeth Gamboa, the chief administrative law judge for the Natural Resources Commission, previously granted Ecosystems Connections Institute’s request for a summary judgement, which was issued on Aug. 25. A […]
Rescue workers help residents evacuate from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Libkos/AP) The destruction on Tuesday of the massive Soviet-era Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian city of Nova Kakhovka has damaged homes and is posing a threat to residents, animals, crops and public infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called […]
Dec. 15—The Biden administration announced today it has reached an agreement with the Nez Perce Tribe, Oregon and other plaintiffs challenging the operation of dams that harm wild salmon on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers. The deal expected to bring more than $1 billion in federal investments to help recover wild fish in the […]