Number of landslide victims in Georgia grew to 24

Rescuers in Georgia found the bodies of two more dead as a result of a landslide gathering at the chills in the highlands of the racha.

The total number of natural disaster victims reached 24, said the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Georgia Irakli Karseladze.

“today three bodies and one fragment of the body have been discovered. According to morning data, one body has been discovered and two more have now been added,” Karseladze said at a press conference.

Earlier on Friday, the head of the Emergency Service Management Teimuraz Mgetrishvili said that the body of one person was found, as well as a fragment of the body, so the number of victims of the elements was 22 people. According to new data, the total number of the dead was 24 people, the searches of another nine bodies are conducted

Large -scale landslide in Shovi occurred on August 3.