Red Cross teams working in disaster zone in Georgia’s west following landslide
The Europe Office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the teams had been designated to assist the efforts in the aftermath of the disaster on Thursday, claiming seven lives. Photo: IFRC Europe
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Teams of Georgia’s Red Cross Society on Friday arrived in the Oni municipality of western Georgia to ensure support for rescuers and communities affected by the landslide that hit the Shovi resort on Thursday.
The Europe Office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the teams had been designated to assist the efforts in the aftermath of the disaster that claimed seven lives.
Dozens of people are missing and some are dead in a landslide affecting the Shovi area in eastern Georgia. Roads and bridges are destroyed.
— IFRC Europe (@IFRC_Europe) August 4, 2023
The teams of @RedCrossGeorgia have mobilized to support emergency services and people affected with first aid, water and other essentials. pic.twitter.com/0md5Db2rDf
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Friday said 400 rescuers were involved in the search and rescue efforts for 35 missing individuals, after 210 were evacuated from the disaster zone since late Thursday.
The rescue crews are using two helicopters and other special hardware in the ongoing operation, with authorities confirming the disaster had “severely affected” infrastructure in the locality.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday met staff of rescue services working in the western municipality of Oni to find remaining survivors after a landslide killed six in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Friday said 400 rescuers and two helicopters were involved in the search and rescue operation for about 35 missing individuals after a landslide hit the Oni municipality in the Racha region in the country’s west on Thursday.
Merab Gamkrelidze, the Deputy Head of Regional Development Department of the Government Administration, late on Thursday said the rescuers, working in the disaster area in Georgia’s western Shovi resort, after a landslide hit the area earlier during the day, were currently searching for about 50 missing people, including children.
The ongoing rescue measures in the disaster area in the country’s western Oni municipality, after a landslide hit the area earlier during the day, were discussed at the emergency meeting in the Oni municipality City Hall, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said his Government had decided to declare Monday as a day of mourning following a landslide that hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort, killing at least seven people on Thursday.
Maia Bitadze, the head of the Environment Protection and Natural Resources Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said there was “no threat” of a repeat landslide in the western Oni municipality, after a disaster killed seven on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said units from the Georgian Defence Forces would join the ongoing search and rescue operations in the western municipality of Oni to find remaining survivors after a landslide killed at least 11 in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
Diplomats accredited in Georgia on Friday sent their condolences to families of the victims killed in a landslide that hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort on Thursday.
Georgian Defence Forces on Friday said its units had departed to join the ongoing search and rescue operations in the western municipality of Oni to find remaining survivors after a landslide killed at least 11 in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
Deputy Interior ministers Ioseb Chelidze and Giorgi Butkhuzi, as well as the Head of the Emergency Management Service Temur Mghebrishvili, on Saturday inspected the disaster zone in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide killed at least 11 in the Shovi resort on Thursday, from the helicopter together with the families of missing persons.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 29th victim of the Shovi resort landslide in Georgia’s west, with four people still missing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday.