Strong wind causes damage in Batumi, western Georgia
The Georgian Emergency Management Centre received more than 22 calls due to problems caused by weather conditions. Photo: Adjara TV
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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.
Doctors said the injured citizens’ condition was stable as they were hospitalised following the incident.
Fire department personnel and police crew were mobilised on Chavchavadze Street, where the incident took place, the Emergency Management Service of Georgia reported.
Photo: Adjara TV.
The Service also said it had received over 20 emergency calls on issues caused by weather conditions.
Property damage was reported in several other sites in Georgia’s west. Roof covers were ripped off several houses and trees were uprooted in locations affected by winds.
The Emergency Management Service has mobilised in various locations to monitor conditions on the ground and offer assistance to those affected. Heavy rain was also forecast for Batumi.
Strong winds have caused damage in Imereti and Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti regions of western Georgia today.
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.
Residents of western Georgia’s Adjara and Guria regions will be offered compensation to cover the cost of the damage caused by the heavy storm that is lashing the country’s Black Sea coastal area.
Villages in Georgia’s Samegrelo region in the west are being hammered by strong winds today.
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.