Strong wind damages cars, trees and roofs 

ArmInfo.  The rescue service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia reported on the damage caused by the strong wind that hit the country on May 11.

As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs  of Armenia, national and regional crisis management centers received  reports of the consequences of the strong wind. In particular, in  Yerevan, Vanadzor, Ijevan and the village of Jamushlu in the  Aragatsotn region, roofs were damaged and trees were felled, as a  result of which citizens' cars were also damaged.

In connection with the situation that arose, combat crews of the fire  and rescue teams of the city of Yerevan, regional rescue departments  of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, operational groups of the  National Crisis Management Center left for the scene of the incident  to eliminate the consequences of the damage caused by the elements.  As an example, it is noted that one of the trees fell on the  Vanadzor-Alaverdi highway, near the bridge leading to the village of  Dsegh, due to which the traffic on the road became one- way. "The  traffic was restored by the rescue service of the Ministry of  Internal Affairs of Armenia, who arrived at the scene, sawed the tree  and removed it from the roadway," the ministry said in a statement.

In addition, the National Crisis Management Center received a call  that a tree fell on a GAZ car on Tamanyan Street in Yerevan. Rescuers  who arrived at the scene recorded that the fallen tree damaged GAZ,  Lexus and Toyota cars parked in the yard of the house.

Footage of a fallen tree near the Armenian Foreign Ministry also  appeared on social networks. It was also reported that the plane  flying from Shorzha to Yerevan was unable to land at the Yerevan  airport due to strong winds and made an emergency landing in Tabriz.  Moreover, environmentalists posted a photo of a dust storm in  Yerevan, noting that this is the result of the wrong policy pursued  by the capital's mayor's office both in terms of issuing construction  permits and cutting down trees in the city, which has become  widespread, causing serious damage to the city's flora and fauna.