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Environment Agency: Several factors contributed to rapid development of Shovi landslide

by Georgia Today
August 7, 2023
in Highlights, Social & Society
Reading Time: 1 min read
Environment Agency: Several factors contributed to rapid development of Shovi landslide

Disaster zone. Rescuers searching for missing people. Image source: Netgazeti

“On August 3, several factors contributed to the rapid development of the complex natural event, which are practically impossible to predict anywhere in the world,” states the National Environment Agency’s first evaluation of the Shovi landslide, which killed at least 18 people, including children.

Natural geological and hydrometeorological events (glacier melting, rain, rock avalanches in the headwaters, landslide-erosive processes, and mudslides) collided in the Bubisskali valley, generating extreme mudflow, the report claims.

A report citing data analysis from the Chanchakhi River hydrological station stated that no water blockage was detected before the landslide. It added that mudflow would have likely reached the cottages within 8-10 minutes.

Eighteen people remain missing. Over 200 people have been moved to a safe area.

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