All mandatory measures are being taken to promptly handle the damaging results of the torrential rains in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, in accordance with a joint assertion from the Ministry of Ecology, the Ministry of Emergency Conditions, the Govt Authority of Baku, and the State Company for Water Assets of Azerbaijan. The assertion notes {that a} “file quantity of precipitation” was recorded, reaching 306% of the month-to-month norm inside a day.

Metropolis companies and emergency responders have been mobilized to pump out water and evacuate residents in want of help. The Govt Authority of Baku performed monitoring to determine drawback areas in flooded areas, notably at bridges, tunnels, and underground crossings. A listing of the rainwater assortment community and catchment areas on the boulevards and streets is at the moment underway, together with measures to forestall comparable incidents sooner or later, the assertion  reads.

Groups from the Unified Water Provide Service for main cities are working to scrub rainwater and sewage collectors, divert amassed water from affected areas, and mitigate the implications of the rainfall, in accordance with the doc.