Terrible flood! Dead 3

BY A STAFF REPORTER: Ukraine's exiled mayor says at least three people drowned in the Russian-held city of Oleshky after the water caused by the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse flooded "about 90 percent."

"Three people drowned in the town of Oleshki," Yevhen Raischuk said. We don't know how many more dead people there will be. I think there could be a lot more. Between 3,500 and 4,000 people lived in Olesky, many of whom were pensioners and bedridden people. Rescue workers are now trying to evacuate thousands of people from the flood area, while others have climbed to the roofs of their homes to escape the flooding. '

"When the floodwaters came in, not everyone had a chance to climb from inside the house to the roof," Reichchuk said. "