Azerbaijan, Baku, May 20 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
A longshore dam on the section of Hajigabul area of the river Kura was broken May 20, a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
Relevant authorities arrived to the scene immediately. By 12:40 the dam was restored.
Floods in 40 Azerbaijani regions have been recently registered. About 20,000 houses were flooded, more than 300 destroyed, 2,000 were in emergency condition, 50,000 hectares of cultivated land were under water as a result of the disaster.