UPDATED: Rescuers recover eighth body in Georgia’s west following landslide
In his comments, Mgebrishvili said “intensive search and rescue” efforts were ongoing for five missing individuals, with 200 firefighters, rescuers and a group of canine professionals working in the affected area, noting additional equipment had been mobilised and about 70 percent of the area had been cleared. Photo: Emergency Management Service
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Updated: 21:42
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.
Search and rescue efforts in the location are “intensively” ongoing to find the remaining missing individual.
Updated: 18:10
The Interior Ministry has said rescuers recovered the body of a sixth individual in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region after a landslide that hit the village of Nergeeti on Tuesday.
The Ministry said search and rescue efforts in the location were “intensively” ongoing to find the remaining three missing individuals, while one survivor had been rescued.
Earlier at 17:00
Rescuers working in the area of the western Georgian municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region have recovered the body of the fifth victim of the landslide that hit the location on Tuesday.
The Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the updated figures to the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
The Ministry said one survivor had been rescued, while search and rescue operations were ongoing to find the remaining four missing individuals.
Photo Via Ministry of Internal Affairs
Earlier at 12:56
Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, on Wednesday said rescuers had recovered the body of a fourth individual in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region after a landslide that hit the village of Nergeeti on Tuesday.
Abundant overnight rainfall in the region caused the landslide, which covered four residential houses under a land mass, the Interior Ministry said.
The body said one survivor had been rescued, while search and rescue operations were still ongoing.
In his comments, Mgebrishvili said “intensive search and rescue” efforts were ongoing for five missing individuals, with 200 firefighters, rescuers and a group of canine professionals working in the affected area, noting additional equipment had been mobilised and about 70 percent of the area had been cleared.
Three individuals died on Wednesday in a fatal hot air balloon crash near Asureti village in Georgia’s southern Tetritskaro municipality, including Imedi TV channel operator Misho Bidzinashvili and two pilots - Revaz Uturgauri and Polish Krzysztof Zapart.
Irakli Garibashvili, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday offered his condolences after two people died in the western Adjara region and bodies of five individuals were recovered in the western municipality of Baghdati after a landslide and an avalanche hit the localities on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Environment Minister Otar Shamugia on Friday said the two major landslides in the west of the country, which hit the Shovi resort last year and the village of Nergeeti earlier this month had been caused by climate change, in comments while presenting the National Environment Agency’s concluding report on the subject.