The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Telegram the Emergency Service received information about the collapse of the road bridge (about 30 meters long) between the urban-type settlement of Teresva and the village of Bedevlia in the Tiachiv district,” the report states two vehicles fell into the Teresva River: one truck and one light car five people were injured and taken to hospital The representatives of local authorities are working at the scene Photo: Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Tiachivska hromada (district) is situated in West Ukraine’s Zakarpatska oblast which literally means “across the Carpathians” stretching as it does across the country’s largest mountain range the hromada had an estimated pre-war population of 19,378 as of January 2022 The basin’s namesake runs through Tiachivska to the south The Terebysa River is on the western side of the hromada along with geomorphological and hydrometeorological characteristics of the Carpathian region (e.g leaves the hromada highly susceptible to flooding though rangeland and cropland occupy 25.8% and 21.9% respectively (Map 1) tree cover and rangeland mitigate the extent of flooding by acting as barriers that can absorb increased river levels or overland flow These factors have resulted in three catastrophic flood events in 1998 and 2008 in Tiachivska and it is expected that major floods will reoccur in the future REACH’s 2024 Ukraine Nationwide Flood Risk Assessment found that the Carpathian region is more susceptible to flooding than other regions under the control of the Government of Ukraine as of 20 November 2023 Tiachivska ranked as the hromada with the third-highest flood risk level of government-controlled areas (Map 2) armed conflicts add an extra layer of complexity to natural hazard risk leading to situations of double vulnerability where the impacts of conflict and natural hazards can potentially exacerbate each other This assessment found that the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion has indeed impacted flood resilience at the institutional and individual levels reducing the capacity of authorities and households to mitigate and cope with flooding there is evidence from previous REACH assessments in Ukraine that security threats associated with the war the presence of substantial IDP populations and decreased tax revenues associated with a slowdown in economic activity impact local authorities’ prioritisation of services and expenditure with consequences for portfolios considered to be of lower priority Calculating the flood risk level of Tiachivska was the first step to obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the flood risk profile of the hromada This report delves further by assessing flood risk management capacities at the institutional and individual levels to understand the hromada’s resilience to future flood events; and to identify opportunities for strengthening area-specific flood risk management capacities in the context of conflict Цей веб-сайт зберігає файли cookie на вашому комп'ютері This is contrary to the pan-European trend to restore the free flow of rivers Two mini-hydroelectric power plants (mini-hydroelectric power plants) which were developed in 2013 but stopped due to local resistance are to be implemented in Ivano-Frankivsk region WWF-Ukraine warns about this Environmentalists of this organization strongly opposed such construction It is about the construction of mini-hydroelectric power plants on two mountain rivers of the Carpathians: on the White Cheremosh in the village of Roztoky of the Kutska community and on the Cheremosh in the village of Holoshyna of the Biloberizka community of Ivano-Frankivsk region WWF-Ukraine reported that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure is currently underway after which the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine will decide whether to grant permission for this construction WWF-Ukraine experts have warned that the construction of hydropower plants in the Cheremosh valleys could cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem Such projects will have a negative impact on the flora and fauna of the Carpathians It will also affect Red Book plant species that grow in the area of future construction the Red Book orchid grows in the nearby meadows and it is not yet known how changes in the hydrological regime will affect its existence as well as other rare plants that grow along river valleys because construction is already a noise load We very much doubt that fish passages will be properly arranged there the construction of a hydroelectric power plant will actually affect them And fish is a food source for the same predators,” explained Mykhailo Bohomaz head of the Forests department at WWF-Ukraine they have been systematically working to dismantle the gates and restore the free flow of rivers in the region with the support of the Open Rivers Program grant fund they implemented a large-scale initiative to dismantle outdated non-functioning dams in the Cheremosh River basin the restoration of the free flow of rivers and streams in the White and Black Cheremosh basins has revived important ecological and hydromorphological processes so their number and species composition have increased and rare fish species have begun to return these changes have had a positive impact on the tourist attractiveness of the Carpathians free-flowing rivers are not only an environmental value but also a unique business card of the region.” Kosivhydroenergo LLC and Hydropower LLC want to implement mini-hydroelectric power plant construction projects an ecologist with the Ukrainian Environmental Protection Group (UPG) The expert says that the capacity of the hydroelectric power plant on Cheremosh is designed to be up to 3 MW The UPG is convinced that the construction of small hydropower plants does not solve the country's energy problems They warn that the consequences for rivers biodiversity and tourism from their construction will be catastrophic such construction contradicts Ukraine's international obligations to the EU – in particular the principle of “do no significant harm” (DNSH) Its observance is one of the conditions for obtaining funding under the Ukraine Facility program,” the UPG reminded As EcoPolitic reported in October 2023, environmental activists criticized the massive construction of hydropower plants in Zakarpattia due to the “pursuit of subsidies” they are trying to restore the free flow of 25,000 km of rivers they are trying to turn them into a cascade of ponds We also reported that in the summer of 2024, the Ministry of Ecology suspended consideration of construction documents submitted by Hydroresource-Teresva LLC to obtain EIA conclusions for 2 channel mini-hydroelectric power plants on the Teresva River As EcoPolitic recently reported, in the village of Kalyny in Zakarpattia, local residents gathered on the banks of the Teresva River and stopped preparatory work before the construction of a mini-hydropower plant Financing is attracted from a variety of sources solar stations are planned to be installed at other facilities of the enterprise eco-inspectors calculated 6.7 million hryvnias in damages The use of materials posted on the EcoPolicy media platform is permitted only if the link to the EcoPolicy is provided and for online publications - the placement of a direct hyperlink to the page where the original material is posted The editors may not share the point of view stated in the author's material The advertiser is responsible for the accuracy of information published in promotional materials In the Zhytomyr region, on the Kyiv-Chop highway, the bridge over the Dubovets River, which was destroyed in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has been completely reopened, says the Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service on Facebook page The bridge over the Dubovets River near the village of Tsaryvka was damaged by air strikes in the first month of the full-scale invasion but was not completely closed to traffic "Reconstruction of the bridge began in March of this year It was repaired in stages to avoid disrupting traffic on the international road," the Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service reported road workers partially replaced damaged beams of the bridge's superstructure "The bridge not only improved the quality characteristics of the artificial structure but also used modern materials and applied new work techniques that will increase its durability and longevity Repair work will continue; the contractor is now focused on completing traffic safety work and cleaning the riverbed," the department added As a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of the Zhytomyr region restored the movement of cargo and passenger vehicles across the Teresva River in the Zakarpattia region on the H-09 road.