Overview

• Authorities confirmed nine fatalities, including a family of five and a child found in a flooded basement, after overnight torrents inundated the Black Sea port city.
• Automatic stations recorded roughly 150–200 mm of rain in seven hours, described by the mayor as nearly two months’ worth that overwhelmed drainage systems.
• Rescue teams evacuated about 362 people, deployed pumps to clear buildings, and pulled vehicles from flooded roads, with more than 500 workers engaged in the effort.
• Roughly 42,000 customers across 32 communities lost power as flooding damaged roads and utilities, with preliminary counts citing 286 private homes and 384 apartment buildings affected and two sewage pumping stations knocked offline.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskiy directed a full operational review as a state commission begins its investigation, local schools shifted to remote learning, and forecasters warned of further bad weather; Odesa declared October 2 a day of mourning.