Heavy rain hits most regions of Georgia
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Recent weather has badly affected several regions of Georgia. Experts are now evaluating the damage caused by the intensive downpour all across the country and precise figures will be known shortly.
Georgia’s regions of Imereti, Samegrelo, Kakheti, Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe Javakheti have been badly affected by the heavy rain during the past several days.
Streets and houses were flooded and roads and other infrastructure objects were severely damaged in western Georgia, including agricultural lands.
Several villages in Imereti have been damaged by the recent downpour, Vice Governor of Imereti, Soso Khakhaleishvili said.
Some people were also evacuated from landslide zones to safer places in the country’s southern region of Samtkshe-Javakheti.
A young farmer lost 750 bee hives in Samegrelo region due to heavy rain. Photo from Nino Zambakhidze/Facebook
Hail also damaged orchards in the country’s eastern region of Kakheti. The families are now looking for the state support.
Representative of the local government Gogi Butilashvili said the special hail protection facilities have saved the population from even greater damage.
Heavy rain also hit Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi making moving around the city difficult for vehicles and pedestrians in some districts.
Weather experts forecast the rainy weather may continue across the entire country until May 24.
Life in Borjomi, central Georgia’s resort town that’s famous for its mineral waters, is returning to normal for residents and guests after a chaotic 24 hours of heavy rain, hail, flooding and widespread power cuts.
Streets and homes in Georgia's Black Sea coastal town Batumi in the west are flooded following hours of heavy rain since early this morning.
The Georgian Government is taking measures to assist people affected by the heavy rain in the western parts of Georgia.
Kobuleti streets are full of water; several flats are flooded, streets are closed and residents in several villages in Adjara region have been evacuated as the risk of landslides increases.
Heavy rain and hail has damaged vineyards and other agricultural lands in Georgia’s main wine-making region of Kakheti.
June is yet again proving to be a difficult month for Georgia in terms of weather. Heavy rainfall over the past two days has caused major infrastructural problems in the Samegreo-Zemo Svaneti region in the western part of Georgia.
June is yet again proving to be a difficult month for Georgia in terms of weather. Heavy rainfall over the past several days has caused major infrastructural problems in the Samegrelo region in the western part of Georgia.
Many of the streets of Georgia’s third largest city of Kutaisi have been flooded after a river expanded over its riverbed following a heavy rainfall. Weather experts expect a powerful, magnitude-seven storm at the Black Sea coastline later today.
Saturday night's heavy wind and rain have badly affected some of the districts in Tbilisi, as well as other regions of Georgia. The Emergency Management Centre has received about 25 calls from Tbilisi and 20 calls from Shida Kartli, in Georgia's east.