Tbilisi flooding: 14 missing people return home safe
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Fourteen people who were reported missing after Sunday morning’s deadly Tbilisi flood have shown up safe and well and are now recovering from their ordeal with their loved ones.
Officials initially said 24 people were missing after the flood but this reduced to 22 when two people returned home late last night.
By this morning, 12 more missing people had returned home.
A spokesperson for Crisis and Emergency Management Council told Agenda.ge that as of midday Monday, 10 people still remained unaccounted for.
Rescuers were continuing to search for the missing 10 people.
The Council officially confirmed 12 people had died in the disaster. The spokesperson said this number could unfortunately rise by the end of the day after debris is removed from houses on Svanidze St - one of the most affected areas of the capital city.
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Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is thanking foreign leaders for their solidarity with Georgia as the country recovers from a devastating flash flood.
The Georgian Government will allocate 10 million GEL to Tbilisi City Hall to combat the damage caused by major flooding in the country’s capital overnight.
Several wild animals remain on the loose and people in Tbilisi are being urged to remain indoors after a major flood in Tbilisi overnight.
Georgia is mourning the loss of a dozen people who died in a major flash flood in capital city Tbilisi on Saturday night.
The international community is offering assistance and standing in solidarity with Georgia and its people following the deadly flood that hit Tbilisi on Saturday night.
Solidarity is the best word to describe the situation in Tbilisi today as hundreds volunteered to help the affected families and clean the city’s streets after Saturday night’s deadly flood.
Authorities have discovered the bodies of two more victims of the Tbilisi flood, bringing the death toll to 14.
Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection created a video which reconstructs the events of the terrible disaster of Saturday night.
Authorities have discovered the bodies of two more flood victims. This news comes five days after the natural disaster, bringing the total death toll to 21.
Special recovery teams will spend the day clearing debris, removing mud and pumping water from water-clogged animal cages at Tbilisi Zoo and nearby territory to help the city recover from the June 13 deadly flash flood.
Three people remain missing following the June 13 deadly flash flood that tore through Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi.
Experts clearing flood debris have uncovered two cars from within the 900 metre tunnel at the mouth of the Mtkvari and Vere rivers in central Tbilisi.