Who is to blame for the fact that the river Vera, flooded, flooded most of Tbilisi, including the zoo? Why repeat the tragedy of 2012, when the Kura river flooded, flooded the capital of Georgia? At that time the local media were outraged that at the time of that terrible disaster, the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili attended the fashion boutiques in Milan. Today, many Tbilissi remember that during the improvement of the city, Saakashvili saved by the efficient storm water system that leads to regular flooding and inundation of the city after the rains.
The scale of the tragedy in Tbilisi remains to be assessed. But one thing is already clear that the damage is significant. On Sunday the Georgian authorities announced the preliminary damage – tens of millions of dollars. Without light remained more than 20 thousand people, destroyed high-voltage and gas pipeline network. The death toll reached 12 people. The Central part of Tbilisi is still flooded. Police appealed to residents to refrain from any outputs on the street because of a mass escape of animals from the zoo. According to zoo workers, only those escaped animals that were at the top of the zoo – the deer, zebras, horses and mountain goats. Of the 17 penguins living in the zoo, there are only 3.
It is unknown who discovered the cells of animals, volunteers or employees of the zoo. At the time of the tragedy at the post were four employees of the zoo. One of them was killed, three reported missing. The deceased woman worked at the zoo for more than 25 years, a few weeks before the tragedy she lost an arm in an attack by a tiger.
At present only a small part of the predators managed to catch and return to the cells. To capture the connected forces and helicopters. Local channel "Rustavi-2" reported shooting the bear, the hyena, six wolves. Eyewitnesses reported killed two lions and a tiger. The authorities asked local residents to report any bugs predators by phone emergency services.
The President of Georgia announced the allocation of funds from the contingency Fund for the victims. It is about the supply of victims to all necessary and placing them in temporary accommodation.
Separately there is information about the rescue of two U.S. citizens came under a landslide in the village of Betania.
