Strong wind causes infrastructural problems across Georgia
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Strong winds on Wednesday morning have caused a number of problems across Georgia from downed power lines to property damage.
Hundreds of families have been left without electricity after winds hit the capital Tbilisi and several regions in eastern Georgia, including Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli and Kakheti.
Energo-pro Georgia, the biggest energy company in the country, said that for now, energy supply has restored in all regional centres, but problems remain in some rural areas. It added that the company faced big financial losses.
Central Georgian town of Khashuri was hit by winds and floods. Photo by the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
The wind uprooted trees in Tbilisi and damaged several cars. Roofs were taken off of several houses.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha kaladze asked local authorities to calculate the financial loss in a timely manner and "help citizens as much as possible”.
Bad weather caused flight delays at Tbilisi International Airport. One Turkish Airlines flight was postponed and another was canceled, according to the airport administration.
A magnitude-four storm took place across the Black Sea coastline.
Weather experts said the bad weather will last until the end of today.
The Gudauri-Kobi road section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi route, connecting Georgia to Russia, is closed to all vehicles due to a snowstorm and low visibility, Georgia’s Road Department has announced.
Heavy snowfall has caused traffic problems in several parts of the country, mostly in mountainous areas. Georgia’s Road Department has announced that road cleaning works will soon start at the Jvari pass, in eastern Kazbegi municipality.
A magnitude-five storm is facing Georgia’s Black Sea coastal resort of Batumi today. Last night, the sea waves were as high as several metres and fully covered the promenades along the seafront.
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.
Akhmeteli subway access was flooded heavily while the emergency service has received calls about flooding in the basements of residential buildings in Gldani, Mukhiani and Digomi districts as well.
Strong winds have caused damage in Imereti and Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti regions of western Georgia today.
Roofing layers torn off a nine-floor building by a strong wind in Batumi injured two people and damaged two cars in the seaside city on Friday.
One out of two injured in Batumi yesterday as a result of a strong wind has died.
Strong winds have caused a number of issues in the coastal city of Batumi in western Georgia today.
Firefighters and rescuers received 100 calls on March 17 as severe winds struck Georgia, largely in Tbilisi.
Strong wind has caused damage in the Georgian eastern region of Kakheti, where felled trees damaged residential houses and power lines last night in Lagodekhi municipality. Due to the damaged power lines, some homes have been left without electricity until now, however local authorities promise to restore electricity by the end of the day.