Page 3 - Dam Explosion News Today

On today’s episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events including the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, and the Florida judge blocking the ban on transitioning kids.

KHERSON, Ukraine: Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam in Ukraine flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.

While Ukraine blames Russia for the destruction of the key dam, the Kherson region mayor accused Kiev of destroying the dam to mask the counteroffensive failures.

Constitute as a war crime, destroying a structure which supplies water to millions of people, drinking water, as i say, on both sides of ukraine-controlled territory and russian-controlled territory, but also it was identified very early on by president zelenskyy that the dam was seized by russia right at the start of the war, in february, and they have maintained possession of it up until now. president zelenskyy warned in october and urged the west to take action to try and protect the dam bec...

That our viewers need to be aware of. on the other hand, those floodwaters are rising extremely quickly. just in the short period of time today, that water went up considerably. and the other thing is the russian army is very close to this place. there is constant shelling going on here. in fact, be as im speaking to you right now, im hearing those thuds in the distance. this comes as ukrainian officials are saying they believe that more than a thousand houses are underwater just in the ukrainia...

>> thanks. >> well, i dont know if you can really understand the questions, but that was a little bit of biden humor because he was asked about the pga merging with the liv and he said he was planning to be in the pga. the first question, which you couldnt understand, was about the russia dam explosion and what his message would be to the ukrainian people. were not leaving. were not leaving. were going to help ukraine. workers have been taking to the streets of paris and beyond. the issue that...

Two killed in explosion at dam in northeastern Oklahoma May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LOCUST GROVE, Okla. (AP) — Two men were killed and a third person was injured in an explosion in a northeastern Oklahoma dam where they were doing maintenance work, officials said. Grand River Dam Authority spokesperson Justin Alberty said Kerr Dam, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Tulsa, was not damaged in the explosion about 6 p.m. Thursday, The men were contractors, GRDA Vice President John Wisc...