In Kyiv, the flood continues to decline. In particular, compared to yesterday, the water level in the capital near the Metro bridge is 5 centimeters lower than a day ago, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported..

“As of 10 am on April 23, the water level g. The Dnieper in Kyiv near the Metro bridge is 9,303 cm. This figure is 5 cm less than yesterday. The flood has been subsiding throughout the week,"

At the same time, in the city there is flooding of floodplain territories and low areas of garden and summer cottages, household plots.

The State Emergency Service noted that the hydrological situation in the country is currently under control, although a seasonal rise in the water level in rivers has been recorded in nine regions.. At the same time, there is a downward trend in the rate of water level rise in the rivers in the north of the country..

Until now, 1225 households remain flooded: Chernihiv region - 488, Kirovohrad region - 323, Cherkasy region - 135, Dnepropetrovsk region - 102, Poltava region - 107, Kiev region - 52 and Volyn region - 18, and 219 houses. 21,215 hectares of agricultural land flooded in Dnepropetrovsk, Volyn, Rivne, Cherkasy and Poltava regions.

So far, transport links have been disrupted to 33 settlements - 32 in Chernihiv and with one in the Kyiv region.

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In the capital, the flood flooded the islands in the Muromets park, Hydropark, Trukhanov Island, Galerny Bay, Korchevatoye, private plots in the Osokorkov area and the coastal zone on Obolon.