STRONG WINDS OF LAST DAYS GREATLY DAMAGE COMMUNITIES OF VARDENIS
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006
GAVAR, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent informs
from the Gegharkunik marz, wind of 27 metres/second strength was
fixed in the city of Vardenis during the last days, as a consequence
of what roofs of many-storied buildings, detached houses as well as
subsidiary constructions and a number of enterprises were damaged. The
wind destroyed transmission lines as well, as a result of what the
city had no electricity for some time.
An alarm about the damages of the wind was also got from the
communities of Shatvan and Norabak of the Vardenis region. The created
commission defines the sizes of the damage: 150 applications have
already been presented from the damaged farmsteads.
According to Hamlet Gasparian, the Chief of the Vardenis Mayor’s
Office Architectural Department, the old buildings were mainly damaged,
the owners of which are in socially needy state.
The village of Yeranos was also considerably damaged as a result
of the strong wind. According to community head Gagik Khansanamian,
according to preliminary data, the size of damage made about 19 mln
drams (about 42 thousand U.S.
dollars). Particularly, the roofs of the Yeranos secondary school No1
and 5 detached houses were destroyed of the wind. The wind destroyed
4 gravestones of the graveyard as well.