40 families, 10 people evacuated from landslide risk zone in Georgia’s west
In his comments to the media, Tengiz Chitiashvili, the Mayor of the Khashuri Municipality, said overnight landslip processes had not continued, adding geological reports would be used to decide when residents would be allowed to return to their homes. Photo: Imedi TV
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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.
Abundant rainfall on Tuesday developed landslides in the area, with employees from the City Hall, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and its Emergency Management Service mobilised to the site, the body said.
It added geologists would study developments in the location and provide a
"qualified assessment" of risks following the precipitation, and noted state services would “act to eliminate the landslide process in a limited amount of time”.
It also called on the public to remain calm and follow recommendations of representatives of the state services.
In his comments to the media, Tengiz Chitiashvili, the Mayor of the Khashuri Municipality, said overnight landslip processes had not continued, adding geological reports would be used to decide when residents would be allowed to return to their homes.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Saturday got acquainted with the disaster clean-up operations in Pirveli Maisi village in Keda municipality of Adjara region, after a landslide killed two on Tuesday.