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Death Toll In Last Week's Landslide In Georgia Rises To 24


Rescue teams are continuing to search for nine other people who have been missing since the landslide hit Shovi last week.
Rescue teams are continuing to search for nine other people who have been missing since the landslide hit Shovi last week.

Georgian officials say rescue teams found two more bodies near the site of last week's landslide in the resort town of Shovi, which brought the confirmed death toll to 24. Regional Development Minister Irakli Karseladze told reporters on August 11 that rescue teams are continuing to search for nine other people who have been missing since the landslide hit Shovi on August 3. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Georgian Service, click here.

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