YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The hail fallen in the territory of the Lori region at 3-4 a.m. on July 3 did great damage to the potato, grain, and fruit-vegetable arable lands of the Tsaghkaber, Mets Parni, Shirakamut, Geghasar, Shenavan, Sarahart, Gogaran, and Arevashogh villages of the Spitak region and those of the Hogabardz, Kurtan, Pushkino, Gargar, Vardablur, and Gyulagarak villages of the Stepanavan region. The arable lands of the Karmir Aghek Village of the Tumanian region suffered damages as a result of a strong wind. A commission has been created in order to find out the size of the damage. According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia, the hail that fell at night on July 2 did great damage to the arable lands of the Hovuni, Araphi, Mayisian, Vahramaberd, Marmashen, Keti, Phokrashen, Meghrashat, Gyullibulagh, Voghji, and Hatsik villages of the Shirak region.

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