Powerful storm hits Georgia’s Black Sea costal area
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A powerful storm is lashing western Georgia’s Adjara region where heavy rain is causing havoc on infrastructure in Batumi.
The magnitude five storm has damaged electricity wires and caused minor flooding in coastal areas.
Officials said landslides had damaged a couple of houses in several villages. High wind toppled trees in Kobuleti, a town near Batumi. One of the trees fell on a truck that was on its way to Turkey, which caused major disruptions for traffic.
Officials said cleaning efforts were already in place and the road was now unblocked.
Weather experts said wild weather would last until tomorrow, after which it would get better.
A powerful rainstorm hit Adjara in September too. It caused serious damage to the region.
Residents of western Georgia’s Adjara and Guria regions will be offered compensation to cover the cost of the damage caused by the heavy storm that is lashing the country’s Black Sea coastal area.
Updated: Local and central government authorities are ready to manage any emergency situation in western Georgia resulting from the heavy storm that is lashing the country’s western Adjara and Guria regions.
Georgian officials are warning the population of western Georgia to be prepared for strong wind and heavy rain over the next few days.
A powerful storm is lashing Georgia’s western Adjara and Guria regions where heavy rain and wind is causing havoc on infrastructure.
Weather experts are warning western Georgian residents and visitors to brace for another major storm that could damage homes, infrastructure and crops.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili left Tbilisi for Adjara to personally check the effects of the disaster and offer support to locals in the troubled region.
A powerful storm is lashing western Georgia where heavy rain is causing havoc on infrastructure in Poti and Batumi. Initial reports claim the magnitude four storm has damaged infrastructure and caused major flooding in coastal areas.
Wild weather wreaked havoc on western Georgia overnight and caused serious damage to homes, crops and agricultural lands.
Heavy rain caused a major downpour in Georgia’s eastern district Shida Kartli overnight, causing major damage to a residential area in Kvishkheti village in Borjomi.
A potential storm that threatened the safety of swimmers in Batumi no longer poses a threat causing experts to lift a swimming ban in the Black Sea coastal resort town.
Holiday-makers and locals at the Black Sea coastal resort town Batumi are being advised not to swim at local beaches for the next two days as strong storm is predicted to hit the region.
Flooded homes have been evacuated in several villages as swollen rivers in western Georgia keep rising.
The central streets of Georgia’s seaside town Batumi are full of water; flats are flooded and debris from landslides hit several roads in the region – the result of last night’s heavy rainfall that fell for two hours straight.
Rescuers saved the lives of 16 people who were caught up in a major storm in Georgia’s west coast yesterday.
A category 5 storm has hit the Black Sea coast. A temporary ban on swimming in the sea has been put into effect. Red flags have been placed across the shore at all lifeguard stations.
A category 4 storm has hit the Black Sea coast with waves reach a height of three meters.