4 years since deadly Tbilisi flood
‘Wounds still open’
The remains of two individuals lost during the flood have still not been found. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Four years have passed since the Georgian capital of Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in decades, claiming 21 lives, with the remains of two still missing.
- See Agenda.ge’s multimedia project about the deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in June, 2015: TBILISI FLOOD: A CITY THAT CHANGED OVERNIGHT
Standing at the memorial of the deceased, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze stated earlier today that wounds are still open.
Hundreds of Georgians took part in the after-flood activities. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
This is a very tragic day. Today we can say that all the recommendations which were issued by international organisations to prevent such incidents and fatalities have been fulfilled and all the affected families have been given compensation,” Kaladze said.
- Take a look at Tbilisi’s flood-hit streets and see what has been done since the repair and renovation work – THE CITY BEFORE AND AFTER
More than 1,000 people from up to 200 families lost their homes or businesses in the natural disaster. According to Tbilisi City Hall figures, 84 houses were fully destroyed while 158 others were seriously damaged.
Several of the victims of the day.
Tbilisi Zoo lost almost half of its animal population when the flood waters swamped the animal park in the late hours of June 13.
The disaster damaged homes, businesses and other infrastructure on more than 20 streets in central Tbilisi.
- Find out more about the heroes of Tbilisi flood in the article MEET THE HEROES OF JUNE 13 by Lali Tsertsvadze on Agenda.ge.
On a wider scale, the World Bank evaluation estimated the flood caused more than 100 million GEL in infrastructure damage.
One of the houses damaged during the flood. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
More than 26 million GEL was donated by local and foreign citizens, private companies and foreign countries to charity funds to assist the flood victims. This also included 10.25 million GEL from the Cartu Foundation - a charity fund established and financed by Georgian tycoon and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Tbilisi City Hall has presented sketches earlier today in Mziuri Park for a sculpture of the hippopotamus Begi, who escaped the zoo during the June 13 deadly flood in Tbilisi in 2015.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia is renovating Mizuri Park in Tbilisi, which was damaged during the June 13, 2015 flood.
Today marks three years since the Georgian capital of Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in decades.
Georgian leaders, high officials and other citizens from all around the country are gathering in a small village in central Georgia to pay homage to the rescue officer who sacrificed his life to save others during the June 13 deadly flash flood in Tbilisi.
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.