Rescuers recover ninth body in Georgia’s west following landslide
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. Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs
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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.
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.
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.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Georgia, on Saturday arrived in the disaster zone in the western municipality of Baghdati, following a deadly landslide in the village of Nergeeti and pledged to take “all measures” to provide necessary accommodation and compensation to the victims.
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.