Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on measures to ‘save drowning people’ from torrential rains
Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on measures to ‘save drowning people’ from torrential rains
As a result of heavy rains, a two-storey old private house on 156 Abdulla Shaig Street in Yasamal district of Baku collapsed. Emergency Situations Ministry forces evacuated K.Nuriyeva, born in 1957, from under the rubble, the MES reports.
A total of 31 people were evacuated to safe places in Baku and Absheron district by the MES forces. Measures to pump out water at a number of addresses continue, the MES reports.
Asked to comment on the video of a man being carried away by a water stream circulated in social networks, the Ministry replied that no such information had been received.
‘Təbib’ told Turan news agency that the Republican emergency station and urgent medical aid had not received no calls due to rainfall.
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Muslim Unity Movement (MU) activist Akhsan Nuruzade has been detained in Azerbaijan 20 days after being released from prison. Nuruzade was detained in the late afternoon of October 26 when he was meeting his daughter who was returning from classes at Khazar University in Baku, the MU reported.
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The health condition of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on a hunger strike for the 136th day in prison, remains grave.
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On Sunday, October 27, rain is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula, with locally intense rainfall during the night in some areas of the peninsula, along with thunderstorms. In the morning, the rain will gradually cease, and variable cloudiness is expected during the day, with a northwestern wind. The air temperature will range from +8 to +11°C at night and from +12 to +15°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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On the evening of October 25, a fire broke out at the large "Astoria" hotel complex located in the Nizami district of the capital. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, several firefighting teams were deployed to extinguish the fire. After several hours, the fire was localized and extinguished.
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