Wind prostrates hundred of trees in Shymkent
20:41, 13 May 2014
SHYMKENT. KAZINFORM - Strong wind has prostrated hundred of trees over the last 24 hours in Shymkent, deputy head of the regional emergencies department Yerkin Sarybayev reported.
The monster wind downed the power lines in the city leaving several districts in the darkness. Roofs of 20 residential compounds, 4 private houses, 13 administrative building and 45 educational institutions were ripped off by the storm. A special commission has been set up to calculate exact amount of the damage inflicted to the city.