The Kakhovka Reservoir holds about 4 trillion gallons of water.
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The reservoir serves as a cooling source for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and could pose a problem if it drains too much, though that risk is low.
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Stephen Hall, a politics lecturer at the University of Bath, told Insider's Sophia Ankel the "humanitarian disaster" could affect people in the area for weeks to come.
"It will take a while for the Dnipro to go back into its channel," Hall told Insider. "People will be flooded out, homes will be ruined."
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Hall also warned of the potential for waterborne diseases the floodwaters could spread.
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Residents downstream from the dam were already wading through floodwaters on Tuesday.
Many were forced to evacuate, bringing the belongings they could quickly pack and take with them.
It wasn't just humans who had to evacuate — this man led a cow down a flooded street in Kherson.
And this man brought a dog with him to the train station.
Both Ukraine and Russia sent trains and buses to evacuate residents, and no injuries or deaths were reported.
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Before the dam break, the waters had risen so high in the reservoir that they appeared to be spilling over the side, an AP analysis found, with heavy snowmelt and spring rains contributing.
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