Swollen rivers cause major floods in western Georgia
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Flooded homes have been evacuated in several villages as swollen rivers in western Georgia keep rising.
Homes, shops and businesses were underwater after water levels in Rioni, Adjaristskali and Khobistskali rivers in Georgia’s Imereti, Adjara and Samegrelo regions respectively rose.
"I have not seen river Adjaristskali this swollen for ages,” Keda Municipality head Davit Dumbadze said, adding the flood caused serious traffic problems on the central road.
People in the Imereti region were evacuated from their villages by boats as the roads were flooded. There, heavy rain damaged cornfields, leaving locals with no harvest.
In Samegrelo, the Chkhorotsku-Zugdidi central highway was paralysed following the swelling of the Khobistskali river. Water flooded bridges and energy poles and several villages were left without electricity. There were major infrastructural damages as well.
Heavy machinery were mobilised in each flood-hit region and were now waiting for the weather to get better to begin cleaning efforts.
A powerful storm is lashing western Georgia’s Adjara region where heavy rain is causing havoc on infrastructure in Batumi.
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.
The Georgian Government is taking measures to assist people affected by the flooding in the Adjara region on Georgia’s west coast.