TBILISI, August 1 – Authorities in Georgia have lifted an earlier glacier alert and cleared the border area between Russia and Georgia of immediate danger and recommended that the Dariali boarder crossing be reopened. The National Environment Agency lifted its mudslide alert in the mountainous Devdoraki Valley, after confirming that water levels have returned to … Read more
TBILISI, July 31 – The Dariali border crossing between Russia and Georgia was evacuated Thursday, due to an early warning system for glacier hazard being triggered. Georgian authorities activated the warning system in the mountainous Devdoraki–Dariali area after sensors detected rises in water flow, typically an early sign of glacier melt or debris flow from … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia airlifted 60 people to the border crossing at Larsi on Sunday. The travellers had been stuck in Kazbegi since Thursday night, when a mudslide cut off a section of road in Dariali Valley.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said around 60 people
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is installing a monitoring system in Dariali Valley in the northern part of Georgia, which will provide a few minutes’ warning in case of landslide.
Last summer, the valley was hit by several massive landslides that
TBILISI, DFWatch–Clean-up work in Dariali Valley in northern Georgia was resumed on Saturday, a day after workers were evacuated due to a risk of a new landslide.
Seismologists registered microquakes in Devdoraki glacier, which the government’s experts said was the direct