Four ethnic Armenian women confirmed dead in Tbilisi flooding
15.06.2015,
15:39
Georgia is mourning today the loss of a dozen people who died in a major flash flood in the capital city Tbilisi on Saturday night. Four of them were ethnic Armenian women, Armenia’s foreign ministry said today citing the updated data from the Armenian Embassy in Georgia.
YEREVAN, June 15. / ARKA /. Georgia is mourning today the loss of a dozen people who died in a major flash flood in the capital city Tbilisi on Saturday night. Four of them were ethnic Armenian women, Armenia’s foreign ministry said today citing the updated data from the Armenian Embassy in Georgia.
A ministry’s statement identified them as Zhana Egiazarova, Svetlana Egiazarova, Nana Egiazarova and Elena Egiazarova, all were citizens of Georgia.
Fourteen people who were reported missing after the flood have shown up safe and well and are now recovering from their ordeal with their loved ones, according to Georgian news agencies. Officials initially said 24 people were missing after the flood but this reduced to 22 when two people returned home late last night.
According to a spokesperson for Crisis and Emergency Management Council, as of midday Monday, 10 people still remained unaccounted for.
The severe flooding has left at least 12 people dead and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous animals that escaped from Tbilisi's ravaged zoo.
Heavy rain turned a normally pleasant city stream into a fierce torrent that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in Tbilisi. -0-
A ministry’s statement identified them as Zhana Egiazarova, Svetlana Egiazarova, Nana Egiazarova and Elena Egiazarova, all were citizens of Georgia.
Fourteen people who were reported missing after the flood have shown up safe and well and are now recovering from their ordeal with their loved ones, according to Georgian news agencies. Officials initially said 24 people were missing after the flood but this reduced to 22 when two people returned home late last night.
According to a spokesperson for Crisis and Emergency Management Council, as of midday Monday, 10 people still remained unaccounted for.
The severe flooding has left at least 12 people dead and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous animals that escaped from Tbilisi's ravaged zoo.
Heavy rain turned a normally pleasant city stream into a fierce torrent that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in Tbilisi. -0-
