Seven years since Tbilisi flood: officials pay tribute to victims
The flash flood turned into the city’s worst human and infrastructure disaster in decades, claiming lives of 21 Tbilisi citizens as well as numerous animals from the downtown Zoo, which lost half of its animal population. Photo: Press office of the Government of Georgia.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze on Monday paid a tribute to the victims of the June 13, 2015 Tbilisi flood that claimed 21 lives.
The officials laid flowers at the memorial of victims of the flood in the city, with a memorial church service also performed.
The tribute was one among a number of events marking seven years since the flash flood that turned into the city’s worst human and infrastructure disaster in decades, claiming the lives of citizens and leaving the remains of two individuals still missing.
It also decimated the downtown Tbilisi Zoo, which lost half of its animal population in the flood.
Earlier on Monday, a sculpture of hippopotamus Begi, which escaped the Zoo during the flood, was unveiled by Tbilisi City Hall in Mziuri Park, a popular recreational area in the city.
A sculpture of hippopotamus Begi, who escaped the Tbilisi Zoo during the June 13, 2015 flood in the capital, has been unveiled by Tbilisi City Hall in Mziuri Park, a popular recreational area in the city.
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.
Authorities have discovered the bodies of two more victims of the Tbilisi flood, bringing the death toll to 14.
Georgian officials have confirmed a 10th person has died following major flooding in Georgia's capital Tbilisi overnight. Several wild animals that escaped from Tbilisi Zoo, including tigers, bears and wolves, are still on the loose in city streets.