Rescuers help two Azeri tourists and one local in a flooded river
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Georgian rescuers from the State Emergency Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have managed to help two Azeri tourists as they appeared on the other bank of the River Chorokhi in western Georgia after the river suddenly flooded.
The tourists stated that an 8-member group of people were resting in nature when the river flew unexpectedly.
The tourists were in Adjara region. Photo by the State Emergency Service.
Six of the tourists managed to swim to the other bank, while the remaining two had to phone the emergency service.
A local, 50-year-old woman, who also appeared in the flooded river, on a single safe place, was taken out by rescuers.
Today Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Interior Minister Giorgi Mgebrishvili opened a new 112 Emergency Response Centre in Rustavi, allowing the service to better serve the people of Georgia.
Georgia’s emergency service 112 is the best among similar services in 81 other nations, and has won a special international prize for saving hundreds of lives through its innovative efforts.
Rescuers from the Emergency Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have helped eight tourists from Poland, France and Ukraine, who got lost in the mountainous region of Dusheti area yesterday.
Three tourists have been saved by Georgian rescuers in a daring mountain rescue in northern Georgia.