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MORE THAN 30 VEHICLES STRANDED IN ZONE HIT BY HEAVY LANDSLIDE
ITAR-TASS
October 3, 2011 Monday 12:01 PM EST
Russia
A total of 33 vehicles have been stranded on a motorway in the
northeast of Armenia hit by a heavy landslide. Three people were
reported missing, the Armenian Ministry for Emergency Situations said
on Monday.
Heavy freight trucks scattered like toys , overturned Zhiguli cars
stuck in the mud , wave-like hollows made in the ground and broken
asphalt is a classical picture of "the apocalypse" seen 250 meters
up the Vanadzor-Bagratashen motorway which connects the towns of
Alaverdi and Noemberyan.
All- in-all eight trucks with trailers, two automatic cranes and 23
cars remain stranded in the landslide zone. Two freight trucks from
Georgia and a car from Bulgaria are among the vehicles damaged by
the landslide.
The landslide damaged energy transmission lines, which cut power supply
to the settlements of Airum and Lchakadzor and a local railway station,
which seriously impedes search and rescue operations in the landslide
zone. Weather forecasts said that a heavy rain which began in this
area several days ago would continue for several more days.
Eight people who received minor injuries were hospitalized in Alaverdi,
said Director of a local medical Center Stepan Mosinyan.
They were given first aid and went home, Mosinyan said. Deputy Chief
of the Armenian Rescue Service Colonel Nikolai Grigoryan said that
they have information about three missing people. Two of them were
a passenger and a driver of a Mercedes car found with no people inside.
The Armenian regional Rescue Service has called on the Armenian
population to provide information about people who might have been
hurt after being trapped in the landslide zone. Thus, the wife of
the Mercedes car driver had informed that her husband was missing.
Armenian Minister for Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan arrived
in the emergency area. The Armenian Center for crisis management has
been working in an emergency regime.
ITAR-TASS
October 3, 2011 Monday 12:01 PM EST
Russia
A total of 33 vehicles have been stranded on a motorway in the
northeast of Armenia hit by a heavy landslide. Three people were
reported missing, the Armenian Ministry for Emergency Situations said
on Monday.
Heavy freight trucks scattered like toys , overturned Zhiguli cars
stuck in the mud , wave-like hollows made in the ground and broken
asphalt is a classical picture of "the apocalypse" seen 250 meters
up the Vanadzor-Bagratashen motorway which connects the towns of
Alaverdi and Noemberyan.
All- in-all eight trucks with trailers, two automatic cranes and 23
cars remain stranded in the landslide zone. Two freight trucks from
Georgia and a car from Bulgaria are among the vehicles damaged by
the landslide.
The landslide damaged energy transmission lines, which cut power supply
to the settlements of Airum and Lchakadzor and a local railway station,
which seriously impedes search and rescue operations in the landslide
zone. Weather forecasts said that a heavy rain which began in this
area several days ago would continue for several more days.
Eight people who received minor injuries were hospitalized in Alaverdi,
said Director of a local medical Center Stepan Mosinyan.
They were given first aid and went home, Mosinyan said. Deputy Chief
of the Armenian Rescue Service Colonel Nikolai Grigoryan said that
they have information about three missing people. Two of them were
a passenger and a driver of a Mercedes car found with no people inside.
The Armenian regional Rescue Service has called on the Armenian
population to provide information about people who might have been
hurt after being trapped in the landslide zone. Thus, the wife of
the Mercedes car driver had informed that her husband was missing.
Armenian Minister for Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan arrived
in the emergency area. The Armenian Center for crisis management has
been working in an emergency regime.