TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Black Sea resort Ureki was flooded after heavy rain on Sunday. Part of the population is leaving the place and requesting help from the government.
Tens of houses were flooded, and a landslide has blocked the roads.
Kote Sharashenidze,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rain water poured into the village Khoni in western Georgia Friday, flooding the basements and first floors of 500 houses and killing poultry.
Locals tell journalists they haven’t slept all night but have been out cleaning their houses and saving
TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of a massive limestone formation in Georgia has been destroyed during repair work on a tunnel.
The rock formation is located at a section of road between Gudauri and Kobi, leading up into the Kazbegi mountains in the north of Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A river burst its banks in Georgia’s western Guria region Monday and flooded about fifteen houses in the town Ozurgeti.
According to local media, the water carried a car with two people inside into the river Shuti. One of them was a pregnant woman.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A rally was held on Sunday to protest the planned construction of a new restaurant at Turtle Lake in Tbilisi. Demonstrators say it will destroy a recreation zone.
The demonstrations started in late July, when there was first put up a sign
TBILISI, DFWatch–In almost every house in Senaki’s main streets, people are using spades to get rid of mud and water after heavy flooding on Monday.
Senaki is a small town in Samegrelo, in the western part of Georgia, with more than 25 000 residents. Elderly people
TBILISI, DFWatch–Part of Senaki in western Georgia has been evacuated because of flooding.
Local reporters say more than 70 families have left the town. Hundreds of houses are underwater. The markets, theatre and other facilities are also hit, and car traffic has been rendered impossible.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Heavy rain caused flooding in several regions of Georgia Saturday.
In Zugdidi, a region bordering the breakaway region Abkhazia, more than 20 villages are flooded, according to local reporters. Didinedzi is hardest hit, and has a water cover of more
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 40 healthy trees were cut at the former psychiatric clinic in Tbilisi on Monday. Youth and locals rallied outside, demanding a stop to the tree-cutting.
Rally participants brought posters which read ‘Don’t cut’ and ‘Tbilisi City Hall is an enemy
TBILISI, DFWatch–Heavy rain has hit the town Kobuleti on the Black Sea coast for the last two days. Three people were taken to sea by a big wave, and later rescued.
The storm on Wednesday lasted just three minutes. Big waves took three youngsters from the beach.