Rescue workers receive 100 calls as severe winds hit Georgia
The Emergency and Operative Response Center reports that the wind damaged roofs of 15 buildings. Photo: Emergency Management Service
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Firefighters and rescuers received 100 calls on March 17 as severe winds struck Georgia, largely in Tbilisi.
The Emergency and Operative Response Center reports that the wind damaged roofs of 15 buildings, 10 vehicles, 14 trees, 4 ad billboards and traffic lights in Georgia’s capital city.
The wind took down 14 trees. Photo: Emergency Management Service
The statistical data of the calls are as it follows:
- Tbilisi – 43
- Imereti – 15
- Adjara – 8
- Samtskhe-Javakheti – 8
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 7
- Shida Kartli – 6
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti – 6
- Racha Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti – 3
- Kakheti – 2
- Kvemo Kartli – 2
- Guria – 0
Strong wind also hit Georgia in January 2019 and took down trees and billboards in the coastal city of Batumi, western Georgia.
One out of two injured in Batumi yesterday as a result of a strong wind has died.
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.
Strong winds have caused a number of issues in the coastal city of Batumi in 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.
The passengers of a bus coming from Kazbegi Municipality and about 10 cars that encountered problems because of snow near Gudauri have already left the scene and departed for Tbilisi.
The Gudauri-Kobi road section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Larsi route, connecting Georgia to Russia, has been temporarily closed to trucks and semi-trucks due to bad weather.