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River Nenskra flood cuts off 10 villages in Svaneti

by OC Media

•3 min read

Several villages were flooded in Chuberi, in Georgia’s historic Svaneti region on Thursday after the river Nenskra swelled, reportedly due to a landslide. Videos posted online showed muddy waters destroying bridges and flooding houses. Several bridges were washed away, cutting off ten villages. Despite speculation from local people, the company constructing the Nenskra Dam on the river has denied their work was connected to the flooding. The Emergency Services said on Thursday that nobod

Akhaltsikhe

A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•4 min read

A new road to Tskordza has left local residents far from happy. They worry that with no drainage system, the road will exacerbate flooding in the village. The local government, however, has dismissed their fears as groundless. Venera Sudadze’s house in Tskordza, in southwest Georgia’s Akhaltsikhe Municipality, is flooded every time there is heavy rain. Her house is close to the entrance to the village, at the bottom of the road. Water first floods her garden, and then the rooms in the house