TOURINFO-YEREVAN- Shantnews.am- Heavy rains in Gyumri, which were accompanied by hail for more than an hour, caused great damage to almost all districts. Streets, private houses, shopping, and service facilities were covered with water. All the streets have become impassable due to the flood.
A dangerous and emergency situation was created on Yerevayan Highway, which is the main entrance to the city from different directions. The icy layers of ice on the street and the rain blocked the road, the cars were submerged under the railway bridge, and with the big traffic jams, the cars could not move.
The drivers and passengers of the flooded cars had managed to get on the cars. It was possible to approach them only by means of inflatable rescue boats. Rescuers pulled the cars out of the water with thick metal ropes.
This situation is repeated on the streets after each precipitation, in some cases, there is no drainage network, and in some cases, the existing system does not manage to carry out sufficient drainage. The Emergency Crisis Management Center and the municipality received hundreds of calls from citizens whose houses and basements were damaged by the flood.
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