NATURAL CALAMITY AGAIN CAUSES DAMAGE TO BORDER VILLAGES OF TAVUSH MARZ

IJEVAN, August 4, Noyan Tapan. On August 3, at around 19:00 pm, the
border villages of Baghanis, Voskevan and Jujevan in Tavush marz were
hit by a violent wind, strong hail and torrents that lasted for about
20 minutes and caused a lot of damage. As Nver Hakobian, the head of
Baghanis village, told to Noyan Tapan correspondent, the hail damaged
110 ha of not yet reaped grain land in the village, as well as areas
sowed with tobacco and vegetables. The violent wind cut off the energy
supply and telephone connection of the village, which were restored
only the next day. As a result of torrents the inter-state highway
passsing through Baghanis was covered with heaps of stones. The damage
done by the disaster to Voskevan and Jujevan villages is also great.