Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas after major dam breach

Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas after major dam breach
A woman is evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson (AP)

Authorities have rushed supplies of drinking water to flooded areas after a major dam collapsed in southern Ukraine.

Officials are also looking into where they might resettle residents who relied on the breached reservoir on the Dnieper River, that forms part of the front line in the 15-month war with Russia.

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