Hurricanes in Ukraine: Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad Regions Hit by Cyclone

Strong winds tore roofs off houses and felled trees.

On Saturday, October 17, a cyclone hit Ukraine, damaging the Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions. This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On the outskirts of Kropyvnytskyi, the bad weather tore roofs off houses and knocked down fences. Damage to power lines was also reported, compounded by heavy rain. Kirovohrad Regional Governor Andriy Nazarenko wrote that even walls of houses had been destroyed. "In a word, disaster," the governor described the situation on Facebook .

In response, the city commission on technogenic and emergency issues announced an urgent meeting to adopt an action plan for eliminating the consequences of the bad weather. According to the State Emergency Service, squally winds damaged the roofs of one hundred residential buildings. Apartments in residential buildings were also flooded. According to local media, there are three injured.

Several districts of Mykolaiv region suffered from the worsening weather. Roofs and buildings were also damaged there, but no injuries have been reported.

"On October 17, in the villages of Blagodatne, Riabokonivka and Semenivka in Arbuzynka district, as a result of the worsening weather (rain, gusts of wind), roofs of about 40 residential buildings, 3 schools and 1 kindergarten were partially damaged. About 60 trees were felled. There are no casualties or injured as a result of the bad weather. Emergency crews of utility services have been deployed to eliminate the consequences of the bad weather," the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

Elsewhere in the world, the cyclone was even more destructive. In India, the elements claimed the lives of 15 people and turned streets into raging torrents of water. And in France in early October, Hurricane Alex destroyed bridges and killed three people.