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Windstorm ruined building injuring four in Batumi

04 February 2010 [14:05] - TODAY.AZ
Sudden windstorm ruined two floors of a 14-storey building in Batumi on Feb. 3.
The building on the crossing of the Chavchavadze and Japaridze Streets is under construction. The ruins fell on a nearby two-storey house in which 15 people lived.

Luckily, they managed to leave the building in time, however, four people; two children among them were injured in the incident.

All of them were hospitalized immediately; however, the doctors discharged two of them in a few hours. Two others remain under the medical observation. Doctors say they are safe now.

The head of the Adjara government visited the hospital and viewed the injured late last night. He said the government would redress damage to all of the injured.

/Georgian Times/
URL: http://www.today.az/news/regions/60859.html

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