Emergency Management Service Head: Intensive works continue in disaster area following Shovi landslide
In his comments to the media, Mgebrishvili noted that on the 11th day of the search and rescue operations, 60 percent of the landslide area had been searched, and added the operation continued at 18 locations adjacent to the disaster zone. Photo via Interior Ministry
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Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service on Sunday said intensive works were actively proceeding in the disaster area in the country’s western Shovi resort, following the landslide that killed at least 24 people on August 3.
In his comments to the media, Mgebrishvili noted that on the 11th day of the search and rescue operations, 60 percent of the landslide area had been searched, and added the operation continued at 18 locations adjacent to the disaster zone.
He said the search operation for nine persons was still ongoing, while 24 bodies had already been recovered.
Mgebrishvili thanked the Georgia Red Cross Society for regulating the involvement of volunteers in the disaster relief efforts, who mainly assisted in logistic matters.
The National Environmental Agency of Georgia on Saturday said the expected, consequential processes were taking place in the country’s western Shovi resort, following the landslide that killed at least 24 people on August 3 and noted the mentioned processes were “not dangerous at this stage”.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Friday said 103 units of heavy hardware were being used in 10 locations for the search and clearing operations in the disaster-affected zone in the western municipality of Oni, where a landslide killed at least 24 last week.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 22nd victim of the Shovi resort landslide in Georgia’s west, Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, the head of the Georgian Emergency Management Service, said on Friday, with at least 11 people still missing.
Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, the head of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia, on Thursday said the Government had used “all resources available” and ensured “far more than reasonable effort” to respond to the landslide in the country’s western Shovi resort last week that killed 21 people.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Sunday arrived in the disaster-affected zone in the western municipality of Oni, where a landslide killed at least 24 on August 3 and expressed his “deepest sorrow” to the families of the deceased, noting relevant units “have done their best in the shortest possible time” in disaster relief efforts.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Monday rejected claims by the domestic opposition on “delayed and ineffective” response to the landslide that killed 24 in the western resort location of Shovi on August 3 and said “all survivors” had received necessary help in the aftermath of the disaster.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he was “deeply saddened” by the landslide that killed 24 in western Georgia’s Shovi resort on August 3 in a letter sent to the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Foreign Office said.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday said rescuers had combed through 90 percent of the area hit by the landslide in the Shovi resort in the country’s west on August 3, with 26 bodies recovered and seven people still missing.
Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service on Thursday said the rescuers, working in the area of the western Georgian resort of Shovi following a fatal landslide in the location, had recovered the body of the 27th victim of the disaster and noted search operations were “actively underway”.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 28th victim of the Shovi resort fatal landslide in Georgia’s west, with five people still missing, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday unveiled a financial support package for families of victims of the landslide in the Shovi resort in August and announced support for those displaced by floods and landslides in the Guria region earlier this month.