Natural Disasters in the Caucasus

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 Dead body of anti-avalanche service employee found in Sochi

Dead body of anti-avalanche service employee found in Sochi

The dead body of an employee of the anti-avalanche service at the ski resort 'Mountain Carousel' was found buried under an avalanche near Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi, the press service of the emergency department of Krasnodar Territory said. …

This year's first earthquake in Georgia

This year's first earthquake in Georgia

An earthquake took place in Georgia at 16:24 local time, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismic Centre reports Its magnitude was 3.1. The epicenter was located 29 km northeast of the Georgian city of Tsalka and 64 km to the south …

Traffic on Svetlograd-Budennovsk road resumed

Traffic on Svetlograd-Budennovsk road resumed

Traffic on the Svetlograd-Blagodarniy-Budennovsk road in Stavropol Territory has been resumed, the department of regional road safety STSI reports Traffic on the road was restored at 13:30. Earlier today it was suspended …

Truckers stranded without food and drink near Verkhny Lars

Truckers stranded without food and drink near Verkhny Lars

The Verkhny Lars crossing point on the border between Russia and Georgia has been waiting to open for several days. Its work was suspended due to heavy snowfall, Rustavi 2 reports. Employees of the TV channel tried to get to the stranded …

Frost to arrive in Georgia

Frost to arrive in Georgia

Weather forecasters predict a cold snap across Georgia on Sunday January 3rd, the National Agency of Environmental Protection reports. In particular, in the east during the night the thermometer will drop to -12, to -16 in the …

Armenia commemorates victims of Spitak earthquake

Armenia commemorates victims of Spitak earthquake

It is the 27th anniversary of the Spitak Earthquake. The earthquake happened in Armenia on December 7, 1988. Powerful tremors destroyed nearly half a minute the whole northern part of Armenia, covering territory with a population of about 1 …

EMERCOM of North Ossetia warns of avalanching

EMERCOM of North Ossetia warns of avalanching

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of North Ossetia has informed that avalanches are possible in the mountains during the period of December 3-5th, so residents and tourists are better to abstain from going into the mountains. In …

Georgia to increase environmental protection tenfold

Georgia to increase environmental protection tenfold

Georgia intends to increase the number of forces involved in the protection of the environment tenfold, the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili said at the UN conference on climate change. "No country is …

Lowlands monitored in Sochi during heavy rains

Lowlands monitored in Sochi during heavy rains

According to mayor Anatoly Pakhomov's statement at a plenary meeting, monitoring of low-lying areas during rainstorms is carried out 24-hours a day in Sochi. "We know about the insidiousness of such rivers as the …

Heavy rain floods house land plots of Sochi residents

Heavy rain floods house land plots of Sochi residents

House land plots have been flooded in several districts of Sochi due to pouring rains. According to EMERCOM, rescuers are help residents to pump water. However, according to meteorologists' forecast, pouring rains will continue and …

Kazbekovsky district hit by two earthquakes

Kazbekovsky district hit by two earthquakes

Two earthquakes occurred in the Kazbekovsky District of Dagestan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre ( EMSC), said. An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 points was registered yesterday near Burtunay at a depth of 5km at …

Kumtorkalinsky district hit by 2.5 magnitude quake

Kumtorkalinsky district hit by 2.5 magnitude quake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 occurred in the Kumtorkalinsky district of Dagestan, the press service of the local department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation said. The epicenter of the earthquake …

Hurricane leaves Chechnya without electricity

Hurricane leaves Chechnya without electricity

Specialists are conducting reconstruction work after a hurricane in Chechnya damaged the power supply in some settlements of the republic.  ‘‘Residents remained without …

Zyryanovsk District hit by 4 magnitude quake

Zyryanovsk District hit by 4 magnitude quake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 occurred in the Zyryanovsk district in the East Kazakhstan region at 01:40 local time, the press-service of the regional Department of Internal Affairs said.  The earthquake was recorded …