[Helsson official: 14 settlements in the floodplain area downstream of the Kahovka Hydropower Station, about 22000 people may be flooded]. Andre Alekseyenko, an official in the Helson region, said that 14 settlements and about 22000 people in the floodplain area downstream of the Kahofka Hydropower Station may be flooded. Vladimir Leontiev, an official of the city government of New Kahovka, had previously reported that the upper part of the Cahovka hydropower station had been damaged by shelling. The water level downstream of the hydropower station continues to rise. He pointed out that the head of the municipality had prepared the buses and settlements needed to evacuate the residents.