Strong winds, heavy rainfall, snow affect Georgia’s western municipalities
Snow and heavy rain caused landslides in some areas of mountainous parts of the Adjara region in the country’s west, affecting local and central highways in the Abasha, Shuakhevi and Keda municipalities, with relief works underway. Photo: City Hall of Tsalenjikha Municipality
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Strong winds and heavy rainfall affected municipalities in western Georgian regions between Monday and Tuesday, causing damage to buildings, and causing floods and landslides in some areas.
Strong overnight winds affected the country's western Tsalenjikha municipality, damaging 30 residential houses in inner areas of the city of the same name and several villages of the municipality, uprooting trees, and causing delays on the central highways, the Municipality’s City Hall said on Tuesday.
It also said a majority of residents had been left without power supply, adding restoration of power was expected to be gradually completed throughout the day, with professionals from Energo-Pro Georgia company working in affected areas.
Strong winds damaged the roof of the public school in the village of Rukhi in western Zugdidi municipality, interrupting the classes, while some villages were left without power. Special services have been dispatched to the affected areas.
Overflowing river Enguri in western Georgia's Black Sea town of Anaklia flooded surrounding areas and residential houses of seven families near the riverbed.
In his comments, Giorgi Guguchia, the State Representative of the Samegrelo-Zemo-Svaneti region, said 19 citizens and vehicles had been evacuated from the central road of the Mestia Highway in the north-west following an avalanche, and noted “all municipal services” were working in emergency mode and the damage would be assessed on-site by a commission.
Snow and heavy rain caused landslides in some areas of mountainous parts of the Adjara region in the country’s west, affecting local and central highways in the Abasha, Shuakhevi and Keda municipalities, with relief works underway.
A part of a slope near the road connecting the Marshal Gelovani Avenue and Mukhran Matchavariani Street in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi collapsed on Wednesday following heavy overnight rainfall and strong winds.
Tbilisi City Hall said heavy rainfall and strong wind late on Tuesday affected Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, causing damage to electricity cables and flooding streets and underpasses.
Heavy rainfall and strong winds affected municipalities in western Georgian regions between Monday and Tuesday, causing damage to buildings and floods in residential homes.
Heavy rainfall, hail and strong wind between Monday and Wednesday affected municipalities in the central and eastern Georgian regions, causing damage to buildings and floods in residential homes.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the candidate for the position of the Prime Minister of Georgia, on Tuesday sent his condolences after two people died in the Black Sea region of Adjara after a landslide and an avalanche hit the western locality since Monday.
Officials in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region on Wednesday met locals and promised support following damage caused to the locality on Tuesday by strong winds, heavy rainfall and landslides.
The Delegation of the European Union to Georgia on Wednesday sent its condolences after two people died in the western Adjara region and bodies of four individuals were recovered in the western municipality of Baghdati after a landslide and an avalanche hit the localities on Tuesday.
The rescuers recovered the bodies of two more individuals in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region after a landslide that hit the village of Nergeeti on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry confirmed to the local media.
The City Hall for the city of Khashuri in the south-western Georgian municipality of the same name on Wednesday said about 10 individuals and 40 families had been evacuated from a landslide risk zone in the town of Surami.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Thursday said rescuers had recovered all bodies of victims in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region after a landslide that hit the village of Nergeeti on Tuesday.