Georgian lifeguards save 17 on Black Sea coast, including 12 foreigners
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Georgian lifeguards have rescued 17 people on the Black Sea coast today – amongst whom were 12 foreign nationals and five minors.
A 2-3 magnitude storm was recorded on Ureki beach today. Red flags were put out to inform the people that swimming conditions were dangerous.
The Emergency Management Service of the Georgian Interior Ministry calls on holiday-makers:
- To follow safety rules
- To obey the instructions of lifeguards
- Not to leave minors alone
- Not to bathe when drunk or hungover
- Not to swim beyond safety buoys
- Not to bathe when red flags are put out on the beach
The Emergency Management Service reports that when white flags are displayed on the beach people will be allowed to bathe in the sea.
Georgian sailors have received Certificates of Commendation of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for “exceptional bravery at sea”.
A Georgian soldier saved the life of a drowning young woman in Didube district, Tbilisi yesterday.
A category 4 storm has hit the Black Sea coast with waves reach a height of three meters.
Rescuers saved the lives of 16 people who were caught up in a major storm in Georgia’s west coast yesterday.
Lifeguards have saved a 29-year-old local man from drowning in Makhinjauri, in the Georgian region of Adjara today. The Emergency Management Service reports the man was swimming in the sea during a magnitude 3 storm when a passer-by saw him and called for lifeguards.
Red flags have been put out on the Black Sea coast in Georgia as a magnitude 3 - 4 storm has hit the coastal regions. The Emergency Management Service of the Georgian Interior Ministry put up the red flags to warn swimmers that conditions are dangerous.
Lifeguards of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia’s Interior Ministry have saved six people with the help of a drone on the Black Sea coast today. A 3 - 4 magnitude storm has hit the coastal regions of Georgia; red flags have been put out on beaches to warn the public against swimming in the dangerous conditions.
Two Georgian citizens who have been missing since December 2 have been found dead in the Jandara Lake, the Georgian Emergency Management Service reports.
A total of 320 lifeguards and 50 patrol vessels equipped “in accordance with European standards” will patrol the Black Sea coast and the shores of rivers and lakes throughout Georgia this summer, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.