The number of Tbilisi flood victims has increased to 19. According to authorities, body of a man, who had been deemed missing, was found on Wednesday, while on Thursday rescuers recovered the body of a woman.
DFWatch staff
Money pouring in to deal with Georgia's flood disaster
TBILISI, DFWatch–While the total damage of the flood in Tbilisi on June 14 is expected to reach 100 million lari, according to PM Garibashvili, money is pouring in from private donors, businesses and foreign states.
More than 4.2 million lari has already been donated, according
Director of Tbilisi Zoo: 'It's all my fault'
TBILISI, DFWatch–“I acknowledge that based on me as a source, government bodies reported this information and it was considered that there was no longer a threat. It is all my fault,” says the director of Tbilisi Zoo after an escaped tiger killed a man Wednesday.
Flood update: 17 dead, while 5 are still missing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s interior minister said Wednesday that the number of flood victims is 17, while five people are missing.
A man found dead in the river Khrami yesterday was not a victim of the June 14 flood, he Vakhtang Gomelauri said.
Two persons were found dead
One man killed by escaped zoo animal in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man was killed by a white tiger in Tbilisi on Wednesday. The animal attacked the man at Laguna Vere, a few hundred meters from Tbilisi Zoo, which was destroyed in a flood June 14. A witness told DF Watch that a tiger attacked a person, who was seriously injured. The victim was taken … Read more
Georgia signs defense procurement deal in France
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli on Monday finally signed a procurement deal with a company in France which is meant to bolster Georgia’s air defenses.
The content of the agreement is secret.
Signing the document in France on June 15, she said the treaty
Georgian PM suggests moving flooded zoo outside of city center
TBILISI, DFWatch–The disaster in Tbilisi has made the government bring up a plan to relocate the zoo outside the city center, to an area by Tbilisi Sea, the largest body of water near the Georgian capital. The flood shortly after midnight June 14 killed more than 50 percent of the zoo’s animals, including bears, tigers … Read more
Flood update: Death toll rises to 19, while 6 still missing
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of victims of the flood in Tbilisi increased to 19 Tuesday evening, the Security and Crisis Management Council confirmed. 17 have been identified, while two are in the process of being identified.
One of the bodies was found in Mziuri Park, while the other
Tbilisi flood update: 17 dead, 6 missing, parliament meets
TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the most recent data from the Security and Crisis Management Council, 17 people died during flood Sunday morning, while 6 are still missing.
Sixteen of the victims have been identified so far. The two last victims were found Tuesday in Mziuri park
Tbilisi flood: Death toll rises to 13, nine still missing
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of flood victims has increased to 13, according to the emergency service department of the Interior Ministry.
Department head Zviad Katsashvili told journalists that 13th victim was discovered about an hour before.
“We are now looking for the nine