Disastrous floods in Georgia, 5 dead in Tbilisi

[Stra]

 

Disastrous floods in Georgia, 5 dead in Tbilisi

 

May 17, 2012

 

At least five people died in Tbilisi after a terrible flood. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has visited the areas affected by flooding, defined by the most devastating of the last forty years. In the capital were also reported extensive damage, many homes destroyed or partially flooded.

 

Following heavy rains [the establishment blames the rain, but this is clearly not due to rain], torrents of muddy water flooded the neighborhood Ortlatchala the Georgian capital, close to downtown, causing severe damage. Georgian television showed houses destroyed or partially flooded and cars overturned. Two young children were among the dead.

 

The situation is now less of emergency, but continue the cleaning of water and mud of all homes submerged. Impossible to assess at the precise extent of the damage.

 

 

 

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[astrogal50]

Thanks, Stra; local reports are often the only way readers learn about events.

As usual, no visible rain in pictures although rain is to blame.