Monday, August 18, 2025

Storm victims in Georgia angry over low compensation

2012 Kakheti storm victims protesting 2013-01-29
People in Gavazi and Kardenakhi, two Georgian villages, demonstrated Tuesday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Victims of a hailstorm last summer in the Kakheti region are demonstrating in several towns and villages Tuesday, claiming that the authorities have inaccurately calculated their losses.

There are rallies ongoing in the villages Gavazi and Kardenakhi

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Cleanup work starts in villages, as new storm hits Rustavi

Cleanup work has started in Georgia's eastern region Kakheti after the latest storm there August 19. Another storm struck near Tbilisi Monday evening. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Another cleanup effort has started in villages in the east of the former Soviet republic of Georgia following another hailstorm. Meanwhile, people reeling from the losses after the last storm, which caused massive damage.

Thousands of houses were

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Another hailstorm wipes out crops in Georgia

As in July, the storm showered villages with unusually large hail stones, wiping out vital crops. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Another storm hit the former Soviet republic of Georgia Sunday in what has become the most stormy year in recent memory. The storm completely or partly destroyed the harvest in villages in a number of regions in the east of the country.

Sunday

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