Red Crescent Society will visit victims of natural disaster in Azerbaijan

Purpose of the visit is to provide disaster victims with humanitarian assistance, the organization said. The society has decided to work on assessing the size of humanitarian assistance to be provided to people affected by floods caused by high water levels in the Kura River.

The Kur River overflowed its banks as a result of heavy rains affecting 40 regions across the country. About 20,000 homes were flooded, more than 300 destroyed, 2,000 are in emergency condition and 50,000 hectares of cultivated land became trapped under flood waters.


/Trend/