TBILISI, DFWatch – Heavy rain caused flooding in several parts of Georgia Tuesday.
In Kutaisi, the second largest city, first floors and basements are under water.
In Batumi, a defective drainage channel let to rivers of water in the roads.
Local media in the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Heavy rain led to flooding in Georgia’s western Samegrelo region, causing material damages. Blocked roads prevented cleanup work some places.
Interpressnews reports there is a difficult situation in eight villages in Samegrelo. There is damage to
TBILISI, DFWatch – Opposition representatives in Georgia say the flood that took five lives Sunday could have been prevented.
The discussion led to a street scuffle between a district governor and an opposition party representative.
Besik Gazdeliani, Deputy Governor
TBILISI, DFWatch – As Georgia’s capital was drenched in rain water, and a stream flooded a district, killing five, reports went out from the national emergency agency that what caused the disaster was that the river Mtkvari had burst its banks.
Mtkvari is the largest
TBILISI, DFWatch – Residents in the disaster struck district of Tbilisi speak about different reasons causing damage during heavy flooding Saturday night.
Heavy rain caused mud slide from ravines down towards residential houses and streets. Ortachala is an old district
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia was hit by heavy rain overnight, causing flash flooding many places. Five deaths are reported in the capital Tbilisi as a reservoir burst in a hill above the city and flooded one district.
The Emergency Department in Tbilisi says five people have died from flooding