No threat of flooding in Crimea due to Kakhovka HPP incident, but water canal may grow shallow - Crimea head

ROSTOV-ON-DON. June 6 (Interfax) - Water levels at the North Crimean Canal may start to fall as a result of the destruction of gate valves at the Kakhovka Hydropower Plant (HPP) in the Kherson region, but there is no threat of flooding in Crimea, head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov said.

"As regards the situation related to the blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP, there is no threat of flooding in Crimea. However, there is a risk of the North Crimean Canal becoming shallow," Aksyonov said on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.