Families affected by hail and strong winds in Kakheti will receive compensation for the damage caused by the weather.

According to the Government Administration, the decision, made on the initiative of Prime Minister, will aim to help the locals whose property and farms were damaged as the adverse weather conditions hit the locality overnight between Sunday and Monday [September 17/18].

“All relevant agencies are mobilised to respond to the damage caused by the weather, damages were being measured”, - said Giorgi Aladashvili, the State Representative in Kakheti.

The hail and wind damaged houses, cars, vineyards and agricultural fields in Telavi, Kvareli and Lagodekhi municipalities while also uprooting trees and downing power lines.