HAILSTONE FALLEN IN ARAGATSOTN AND SHIRAK REGIONS CAUSES DAMAGE TO NUMBER OF RURAL COMMUNITIES

Noyan Tapan
Aug 15 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The grain and potato arable lands
of the Norashen, Hnaberd, Geghadir, Berkarat, Gegharot, Tsilkar,
Derek, and Ortatchya villages have suffered damaged on account of the
strong hailstone fallen in the Aragatsotn region on August 14. This
information was provided to Noyan Tapan by the Information and Public
Relations’ Department of the Rescue Service of Armenia.

On the same day the agricultural arable lands in the Arevshat and
Spandarian villages of the Shirak region were damaged, the roofs of
houses and windows were broken, and in Spandarian the wheat field of
35 hectare suffered damages, the roofs of one house and two cattle
sheds were broken as a result of the hailstone fallen at about 21:00.

Commissions have been formed by the regional councils of Aragatsotn
and Shirak in order to check the sizes of the damage.