At least 38 people including six children were killed in late July by a massive flood that hit the Vinnitsa, Trans-Carpathian, Ivano-Frankovsk, Lvov, and Chernovtsy regions. Hundreds of towns and villages were flooded, with more than 40,000 houses affected and thousands of people evacuated, officials said. Some 655 settlements, and over 57,000 hectares of farmland were washed out by the floods. The Ivano-Frankovsk region suffered the most.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency, more than 422 miles (679 km) of highways and roads and more than 900 bridges were destroyed in the storms, leaving more than 300 towns and villages without electricity, downing communication lines, and blocking food access routes throughout five regions of western Ukraine.
Ukraine President & US Ambassador encourage support Ukrainian
President Viktor Yushchenko has called on international governments,
organizations and businesses for major assistance. U.S. Ambassador to
Ukraine, William Taylor, has encouraged U.S. businesses and individuals
working in Ukraine to provide funds and in-kind donations for emergency
and longer term rebuilding assistance. The "Ukraine Disaster
Assistance Fund" coalition will meet with U.S. Ambassador Taylor in
Washington on Thursday to discuss the flood damage as assessed by U.S.
Embassy personal, the U.S. government response and how the U.S. private
for-profit and not-for-profit sector can work together with the U.S.
government and the Ukraine government to provide effective assistance.
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