Tbilisi districts paralyzed due to floods caused by heavy rain
13.05.12 15:03
Several districts were paralyzed by the flood caused by heavy rain in Tbilisi lat night.
In Gulua Square of Ortachala district, the epicenter of the disaster, representatives of emergency services have been working for hours. Along with the rescue brigades, the city cleaning services are working to clean the territory. Traffic movement has been restricted on the territory.
The cleaning services and rescue brigades are working 24 hours in other districts of Tbilisi as well. The floods have damaged roads and buildings in the districts.
Houses, stores, streets in teh city were flooded by the heavy rain that lasted all night long.
5 people were killed, several were injured and transferred to hospitals.
Special machinery and equipments are working in the disastrous district.
Weather forecasters do not expect it to brighten within the next few days.
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