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Hundreds gathered in Orsk to call for compensation after floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate in the Orenburg region.
The situation at the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant is currently under control and there is no threat of dam collapse. Source: Mykhailo Fedorov, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Details: Fedorov held a meeting to discuss the aftermath of the recent Russian attacks with Deputy Environment and Natural Resources Minister Olena Kramarenko and Head of State Environmental Inspectorate Ihor Zubovych.
Nathalia de Oliveira, an intern at Brazilian mining giant Vale in the town of Brumadinho, was talking on the phone with her husband when she noticed a rush of birds overhead and felt the ground shake beneath her.Little remains of the once bustling neighborhoods around the mine in Brumadinho, an iron-belt town of 40,000 people.
The Volta River Authority (VRA) on September 15, 2023, began controlled spilling at the Akosombo and Kpong Dams as a result of too much water in both reservoirs. A rough estimate of 26,000 people, as of October 17, 2023, had been displaced as a result of the spillage. Since the construction of the Akosombo Dam, which receives water from six separate tributaries, this is the largest magnitude of displacement and volume recorded.
Dams are usually built to withstand heavy rainfall or drought.