Tbilisi flood: Solidarity vs disaster
Flooded Tbilisi Zoo, damaged roads, victims, and animals escaped from the disaster and into the streets – central Tbilisi experienced the most tragic night in its modern history on June 13, 2015. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
But the morning of June 14 had positive moment. Thousands of people went out to clean the city and demonstrate solidarity without any calling from the Government or Tbilisi City Hall. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Thousands of volunteers gathered at Mziuri Park, one of the most affected areas of central Tbilisi. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
They worked from sunrise to sunset in temperatures exceeding 30C. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
No organisations and leaders were behind the action, it was an amazing voluntary movement that demonstrated solidarity in the face of disaster. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
In an abandoned bedroom in a house on Svanidze Street in Tbilisi, the water flooded in rapidly and unexpectedly. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Residents of the street with the highest death toll after the flood in Tbilisi said they would never get rid of the mud in their houses without the help of these young heroes. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
This is a living room in one of the houses on Svanidze Street. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Svanidze Street was the most crowded place in the city in the morning of June 14. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Volunteers rest on Svanidze Street. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
This building was the School of Tomorrow - a private school. The school term finished the day before the disaster struck. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The volunteers together with pupils and teachers tried to save as much as possible. School books lay drying on the ground. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
A damaged car was found quite far from the highway in Mziuri Park. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Volunteers trying to pull out an Emergency minivan from the debris. A doctor accompanying a patient died in the flood. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
This place near the police station in Vake district turned into a graveyard for hundreds of damaged cars. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Everyone chose a task to address. This man tries to move large pieces of wood. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
These girls collect smaller wood sticks. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
People of all ages with different coloured skin were united under the same name – inhabitants of Tbilisi in the face of the deadly disaster. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The volunteers were of both genders, different education any physical strength… Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
All of them were heroes of their city. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Those who could not help physically brought food and water for the volunteers. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tbilisi Zoo was covered in tonnes of mud in Saturday night’s flood. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
This alligator was rescued on the third day after the flood. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Thousands of volunteers worked day and night in the Tbilisi summer heat to rescue the animals buried under layers of mud. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The hippo, famous from being photographed wandering the streets of Tbilisi, was seen having a rest at his new temporary home in the upper part of the Zoo. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The young people returned to the place of their childhood memories to help. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Six penguins survived the June 13 flood. Photo by N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge
After their hard work, the volunteers deserved a rest. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge