Georgian National Environmental Agency warns hot, mostly rainless weather to remain until Sunday
Air temperature is expected to be within 35-40 degrees C in western Georgia, with 32-37 degrees in coastal areas and 31-36 in the eastern part of the country. Photo: Shutterstock
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Hot and mostly rainless weather will remain across Georgia until Sunday, the National Environmental Agency warned the public on Monday.
Air temperature is expected to be within 35-40 degrees C in western Georgia, with 32-37 degrees in coastal areas and 31-36 in the eastern part of the country.
The Agency also noted strong winds, along with the high air temperature, were expected on the western Kolkheti plains, Zemo Imereti region and Black Sea coastal areas.
The same weather is forecast in central Georgia’s Gori-Surami area and some areas in mountainous regions, increasing the risk of wildfires in the affected localities, the national body said.
A forest fire in central-western Borjomi municipality of Georgia has been contained and nearby settlements are now safeguarded, the Emergency Management Service of Georgia said on Monday. The agency said 600 professionals, including 300 firefighters, of the Special Tasks Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were trying to extinguish the blaze which erupted last Friday near the villages of Kvabiskhevi and Zoreti.
The first response teams of the firefighters and border police helicopter responded to the calls to put out a fire on Sunday in the forest near Georgia's central-western Borjomi municipality’s village of Kvabishkevi.
More than 1,200 professionals from different state bodies, around 120 units of equipment and four border police helicopters are providing “maximum efforts” to put out the forest fire in Georgia’s central-western Borjomi municipality, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Dust masses from a Central Asian region are responsible for a rise in the concentration of solid particles in air in some parts of Georgia, the National Environmental Agency said on Wednesday.