Tbilisi.- The number of people killed after the landslide that took place on Thursday night in the mountainous resort of Shovi, in northern Georgia, reported today the command and coordination post created at 12 victims. to attend to this emergency.
According to the authorities, so far only six of the twelve victims found could be identified.
“The military joined the 400 rescuers (who work in the disaster area) this Saturday, with their special equipment. The search continues for more than 20 people who have not been located,” Georgian Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Irkali Kaseladze told reporters.
The natural disaster, which occurred on the night of August 3, devastated the resort, located next to the Chankaji River, from which more than 200 people have already been evacuated by helicopter.
Heavy rains and melting glaciers
According to the calculations of the specialists, the landslide involved more than five million cubic meters of earth and rocks after several days of intense rains and the melting of glaciers.
“It is the largest known natural disaster in western Georgia, except for the earthquake that occurred in 1991 in the Racha region,” geologist Merab Gaprindashvili told local media from Shovi.
According to Gaprindashvli, the landslide was caused by torrential rains in recent days, added to the melting of two glaciers in the Caucasus Mountains near Shovi. EFEgreen
2023-08-05 12:03:07
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