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.
In his comments, Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry, said search and rescue operations in the landslide-affected zone were completed, with all deceased being identified and the “final phase” of the road clearing efforts ongoing.
The Ministry added 200 firefighters and rescuers were using heavy equipment, drones and boats, working along with a group of canine professionals in the efforts led by Mgebrishvili and Ioseb Chelidze, the Deputy Interior Minister.
Abundant overnight rainfall in the region caused the landslide, which covered four residential houses under a land mass, with one survivor rescued.