Podcast | Shovi: an avoidable tragedy?

August 10, 2023 7:53 PM

On 3 August, a fatal mudslide hit Shovi, a resort in the northwest of Georgia. At least 21 people were confirmed to have been killed as a result of the mudslide.

This week on the Caucasus Digest, OC Media journalist and co-director Mariam Nikuradze talks about the mudslide and its aftermath. Aleko Sardanashvili, an activist and winemaker from Racha, talks about the impact of the disaster on the region, while Lasha Sukhishvili, a professor at Ilia State University and the deputy head of of the Institute of Earth Sciences, talks about what needs to be done to avoid such tragedies in the future.

Death toll continues to rise in mudslide in Georgia’s Racha

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The devastating landslide in Shovi in August 2023. Photo: Netgazeti

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