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Emergency Situations Ministry: Another man rescued in zone of natural disaster

14 May 2010 [18:15] - TODAY.AZ
Another man was rescued by rescuer divers of the Emergency Situations Ministry, the Ministry's website reported today.
So far, 37 people have been rescued. In recent days, floods occurred in 40 districts of Azerbaijan due to rise in Kur River and rainfalls. As a result of the disaster, about 20,000 houses were flooded, more than 300 destroyed, 2,000 became unsafe, 50,000 hectares of cultivated land left under water.


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