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Ukraine dam disaster creates ongoing water shortages

September 26, 2023

The June 6 destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam not only caused deadly flooding and lowered the level of water used to cool the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's reactors; it created an ongoing water crisis in a region where people depend on agriculture.

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