{"id":3045,"date":"2025-10-01T07:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/at-least-nine-dead-in-severe-weather-in-ukraines-odesa-as-war-rumbles-on\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:35:44","slug":"at-least-nine-dead-in-severe-weather-in-ukraines-odesa-as-war-rumbles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/at-least-nine-dead-in-severe-weather-in-ukraines-odesa-as-war-rumbles-on\/","title":{"rendered":"At least nine dead in severe weather in Ukraine\u2019s Odesa as war rumbles on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>More than 350 people have been rescued after the southern Ukrainian city was hit by two months of rain in just seven hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>At least nine people, including one child, have been killed after a severe rainstorm and flooding in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, according to the country\u2019s emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 362 others have been rescued so far as workers evacuated trapped people and pumped water out of buildings, Ukraine\u2019s State Emergency Service said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/30\/ukraines-zelenskyy-says-situation-critical-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant\">Ukraine\u2019s Zelenskyy says situation \u2018critical\u2019 at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/30\/ukrainian-diver-with-alleged-links-to-nord-stream-attack-detained-in-poland\">Ukrainian diver with alleged links to Nord Stream attack detained in Poland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/1\/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1315\">Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,315<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>A little girl who had been missing was found in the early morning thanks to the relief efforts, the service added.<\/p>\n<p>It posted pictures of people rescued from a flooded bus and of vehicles being pulled from the water.<\/p>\n<p>Gennadiy Trukhanov, the mayor of Odesa, who said the situation was difficult but \u201cunder control\u201d, wrote that almost two months of rain had fallen in the city in just seven hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo storm sewer system can withstand such a load,\u201d the mayor said on Telegram, noting that rescue efforts were continuing \u201cwithout a break\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>More bad weather is forecast for Thursday, potentially adding to the challenges faced by Ukrainian first responders, three-and-a-half years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The weather-related deaths came as the local military administration in the southern city of Kherson said a man had died on Wednesday morning as a result of a Russian attack there.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an overnight Russian attack on the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv injured six people, including a policeman, and started several fires, according to the national police.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the six people were taken to hospital for treatment, said Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of Kharkiv region.<\/p>\n<p>Videos and photos from the scene showed firefighters attempting to extinguish flames that appeared to be ripping through market stalls.<\/p>\n<p>Over in Russia, the regional governor, Mikhail Yevrayev, reported that a fire had broken out at an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Ukraine\u2019s continued targeting of oil facilities inside Russia, Yevrayev claimed that the blaze had nothing to do with its ongoing war with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents were concerned it might have been the result of an enemy drone attack,\u201d he said. But what happened has nothing to do with that \u2026The fire is of a technological nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation at the Russian-occupied <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/30\/ukraines-zelenskyy-says-situation-critical-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant\">Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant<\/a> is \u201ccritical\u201d as the facility has been without power for seven days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been seven days now. There has never been anything like this before,\u201d Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian-installed management at the nuclear plant said on Wednesday that backup electricity supply at the plant is sufficient, but that resumption of supply via the Dneprovskaya line is impossible due to Ukrainian shelling, Russian state news agency RIA reported.<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed late on Tuesday that he was \u201cin constant contact with the two sides with the aim to enable the plant\u2019s swift reconnection to the electricity grid\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the plant is currently coping thanks to its emergency diesel generators \u2014 the last line of defence \u2014 and there is no immediate danger as long as they keep working, it is clearly not a sustainable situation in terms of nuclear safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 350 people have been rescued after the southern Ukrainian city was hit by two months of rain in just seven hours. At least nine people, including one child, have been killed after a severe rainstorm and flooding in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, according to the country\u2019s emergency services. 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