Tbilisi flooding: Bad weather hampers recovery work
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All rescue and cleaning works have been suspended in Tbilisi’s most affected district, as the weather is forecast to worsen this evening.
Weather experts predicted strong rain would hit capital Tbilisi about 6pm. The heavy rain is also forecast to affect the whole territory of Georgia.
The country's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili called on the hundreds of volunteers currently working in the centre of Tbilisi to take care of themselves and leave the area immediately.
He said as the weather was expected to worsen, it would be safer for everyone to go home now.
Volunteers leave Mziuri Mark. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
The Governmental Emergency Headquarters decided to withdraw all workers and machinery from the Vere river valley.
Rescue officers were ordered to organise and oversee the movement of volunteers and staff out of the area.
Authorities have discovered the bodies of two more victims of the Tbilisi flood, bringing the death toll to 14.
The people of Georgia have donated more than two million GEL in less than 48 hours for the victims of Saturday night’s disaster.
The United States (US) is joining the international community and offering assistance to help Georgia and its people recover from the deadly flood that hit Tbilisi on Saturday night.
A landslide has blocked the road that connects Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to nearby summer resort areas Tskneti and Betania.
Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection created a video which reconstructs the events of the terrible disaster of Saturday night.
People all over the world have a chance to help Georgia’s capital city recover from a devastating flood that slammed Tbilisi on Saturday night.
Rescuers are urging people in Tbilisi to refrain from driving in the capital city today as it hampered recovery works and road cleaning efforts.
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.
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.
Three lions, two bears, a tiger, jaguar and wolf could still be roaming Tbilisi streets following the massive flooding that destroyed the zoo in the Georgian capital on Sunday morning.
Georgian authorities are preparing for worsening weather over the coming days