Flags at half-mast across Georgia to mourn victims of landslide in Shovi resort
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said his Government had decided to declare Monday a day of mourning following the disaster. Photo: Government Administration
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Flags on state institutions across Georgia were on Monday lowered to half-mast in mourning of the victims of the landslide that had hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort on Thursday, killing at least 18.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said his Government had decided to declare Monday a day of mourning following the disaster.
In addition to the Government Administration, national flags are flying at half-mast on the buildings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as diplomatic representations and consular institutions of Georgia abroad.
Today, ????????|n people come together as a nation to mourn & remember those we have lost in a disastrous landslide in #Shovi. Let us share in each other's grief& offer support. May the love and the memories of those who passed, help us find strength to go through these difficult days. pic.twitter.com/0UNI42eHeW
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) August 6, 2023
The Georgian foreign office expressed its “deep” sorrow over the tragedy and offered its condolences to the family members of the deceased.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Sunday said several children were among the victims of the disaster in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide killed at least 18 in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
Foreign dignitaries have sent their condolences to Georgia after a landslide disaster hit western Georgia’s Shovi resort on Thursday, killing at least 18.
Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service on Sunday said the rescuers had recovered the body of the 18th victim of the disaster in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide hit Shovi resort on Thursday.
The National Environmental Agency of Georgia on Saturday said five natural geological and hydrological processes had converged and led to a landslide in western Georgia’s Shovi resort on Thursday, killing at least 12 people.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday called the landslide in the Shovi resort of Racha region in western Georgia that claimed at least 18 lives last week a “terrible tragedy” and extended his condolences to the families of the victims.
Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Defence and Security Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday accused the domestic opposition of spreading “disinformation” over the Government's plans to purchase three new rescue helicopters from a French manufacturer following the landslide that killed at least 18 in western Georgia on Thursday.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Monday said more than 100 pieces of special equipment, including 86 units of heavy hardware, was being mobilised in eight “priority areas” for the search and clearing operations in the disaster-affected zone in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide killed at least 18 in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
Rescuers working in the area of the western Georgian resort of Shovi following a fatal landslide in the location on Wednesday recovered the body of the 21st victim of the disaster, Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, the head of the Emergency Situations Management Service, said on Wednesday.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 32nd victim of the Shovi resort landslide in Georgia’s west, with one person still missing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Sunday.