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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Georgia_Tbilisi_map.PNG/240px-Georgia_Tbilisi_map.PNG" decoding="async" width="240" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Georgia_Tbilisi_map.PNG/360px-Georgia_Tbilisi_map.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Georgia_Tbilisi_map.PNG/480px-Georgia_Tbilisi_map.PNG 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of Tbilisi in Georgia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">13-14 June 2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vere_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Vere River">Vere River</a> valley, <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">20 (confirmed)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A significant flood occurred in the <a href="/wiki/Vere_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Vere River">Vere River</a> valley in <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, on the night of 13 to 14 June 2015. It resulted in at least 20<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> human deaths and struck the <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi_Zoo" title="Tbilisi Zoo">Tbilisi Zoo</a>, leaving half of its animal inhabitants either dead or on the loose.<sup id="cite_ref-civ1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG/230px-Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="230" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG/345px-Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG/460px-Tbilisi_Flood_3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Tbilisi Zoo after the flood</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vere, a <a href="/wiki/Right_tributary" class="mw-redirect" title="Right tributary">right tributary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mtkvari" class="mw-redirect" title="Mtkvari">Mtkvari</a>, runs through Tbilisi's Vake and Saburtalo neighborhoods. It is characterized by periodic <a href="/wiki/Flash_flood" title="Flash flood">flash floods</a>, which had turned this normally small stream into a surging river, causing significant flooding in 1960, 1963, 1972, and 1995. In 1972, it resulted in several fatalities and completely flooded the Tbilisi Zoo.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Damage_and_casualties">Damage and casualties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Damage and casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG/230px-Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="230" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG/345px-Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG/460px-Tbilisi_Flood_2015_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Vere River after the flood</figcaption></figure> <p>After several hours of intense rain on June 13, 2015, a landslide was released above the village of Akhaldaba, which is located about 20 km southwest of Tbilisi. A million m3 of land, mud, and trees were carried by the landslide as it moved into Tbilisi and dammed up the Vere River twice, first at a 10 m wide channel at Tamarashvili Street and then at a channel beneath Heroes's Square, a significant traffic intersection that was connected to Tamarashvili Street by the Vere Valley Highway.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The resulting flood inflicted severe damage on the Tbilisi Zoo, Heroes' Square, Mziuri Park, and nearby streets and houses, resulting in at least 20 deaths, including three zoo workers. One of them, a 56-year-old woman, had recently returned to work after having had an arm amputated two weeks earlier after a tiger mauled it.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wp1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A young rescue officer, Zurab Muzashvili, who died after having rescued seven people, was posthumously awarded the Medal for Civic Devotion.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 36 people were admitted for mild-to-moderate injuries; most of them were discharged from hospitals on the same day. Of the 24 people reported as missing as of late 14 June,<sup id="cite_ref-civ2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 6 remained unaccountable for on 16 June.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-civ5_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than 40 families were left homeless and 22,000 people were left without electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-civ1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Georgian government reported a preliminary estimated flood damage cost from <a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">GEL</a> 40 million<sup id="cite_ref-civ3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 100 million.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Animals_in_streets">Animals in streets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Animals in streets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi_Zoo" title="Tbilisi Zoo">Tbilisi Zoo</a> lost more than 300 animals, nearly half of its inhabitants: the majority were killed by flooding. Several surviving inhabitants of the zoo—a <a href="/wiki/Hippopotamus" title="Hippopotamus">hippopotamus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_cat" title="Big cat">big cats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolf" title="Wolf">wolves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bear" title="Bear">bears</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hyena" title="Hyena">hyenas</a>—escaped from destroyed pens and cages to the streets of Tbilisi and a police unit was employed to round them up. Some were killed, others were recaptured and brought back to the zoo.<sup id="cite_ref-civ3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The media ran footage showing the hippopotamus making its way to a flooded Heroes' Square, one of Tbilisi's major roadway hubs, where it was subdued with a <a href="/wiki/Tranquillizer_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Tranquillizer gun">tranquilizer dart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-civ1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wp1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 June a <a href="/wiki/White_tiger" title="White tiger">white tiger</a> remaining on the loose attacked and mortally wounded a man in a storehouse near the zoo.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The animal was eventually shot dead by the police.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_17_June_2015_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_17_June_2015-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/African_penguin" title="African penguin">African penguin</a> was found at the <a href="/wiki/Red_Bridge_(border)" title="Red Bridge (border)">Red Bridge</a> border crossing with <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, having swum some 60 km south from Tbilisi.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response">Response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local">Local</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg/170px-2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg/255px-2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg/340px-2015_Tbilisi_flood_volunteers_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1281" data-file-height="1795" /></a><figcaption>The U.S. Embassy employees join volunteers in the clean-up works.</figcaption></figure> <p>Police force, emergency services, and <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Georgia_(country)" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Georgia (country)">army units</a> were deployed for rescue efforts. They were helped by hundreds of local volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-civ3_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scores of peoples trapped by the floods were airlifted by rescuers.<sup id="cite_ref-NDTV_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDTV-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>15 June was declared a <a href="/wiki/National_day_of_mourning" title="National day of mourning">national day of mourning</a> in Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-civ3_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Giorgi_Margvelashvili" title="Giorgi Margvelashvili">Giorgi Margvelashvili</a> said he would allocate funds from President's Discretionary Fund to assist the affected families.<sup id="cite_ref-civ1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_Patriarch_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia">Catholicos Patriarch</a> <a href="/wiki/Ilia_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilia II">Ilia II</a>, an influential head of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgian Orthodox Church</a>, in his Sunday sermon, blamed the floods on the "sin" of the former Communist regime which, he said, built the zoo in its current location using money raised from destroying churches and melting down their bells.<sup id="cite_ref-NDTV_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDTV-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> refugee agency, <a href="/wiki/UNHCR" class="mw-redirect" title="UNHCR">UNHCR</a>, mobilized its Tbilisi office to organize an emergency response. Many governments of the world, such <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-civ3_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> offered their help.<sup id="cite_ref-civ3_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civ3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> stated its Emergency Response Coordination Centre was ready to deploy assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>'s Foreign Ministry allocated €100,000 to assist Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Prague_Zoo" title="Prague Zoo">Prague Zoo</a>, along with other <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech</a> zoos, dispatched a team of specialists with experience in dealing with floods.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent an emergency team to assist, led by veterinarians from the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Biblical_Zoo" title="Jerusalem Biblical Zoo">Jerusalem Biblical Zoo</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Gan_Safari" title="Ramat Gan Safari">Ramat Gan Safari</a> in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai">Šiauliai</a>, Lithuania, decided to organize a charity concert to help the families affected by the flood. The <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> businessman Mariusz Artur Napora offered to hold a charity auction in Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Tbilisi_flood&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tbilisi Zoo after the flood"><img alt="Tbilisi Zoo after the flood" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG/269px-Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG/404px-Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG/538px-Tbilisi_Flood_2015.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tbilisi Zoo after the flood</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tbilisi Zoo after the flood"><img alt="Tbilisi Zoo after the flood" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG/269px-Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG/404px-Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG/538px-Tbilisi_Flood_5.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tbilisi Zoo after the flood</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="After the flood"><img alt="After the flood" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG/269px-Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG/404px-Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG/538px-Tbilisi_flood_6.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">After the flood</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Inside of Tbilisi Zoo after the flood"><img alt="Inside of Tbilisi Zoo after the flood" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG/269px-Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG/404px-Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG/538px-Tbilisi_Flood_4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Inside of Tbilisi Zoo after the flood</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flood area just west of Tamarashvili Street"><img alt="Flood area just west of Tamarashvili Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg/270px-Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg/405px-Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg/540px-Flood_area_just_West_of_Tamarashvili_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flood area just west of Tamarashvili Street</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 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