2015 წლის 13 ივნისს ადიდებულმა მდინარე ვერემ თბილისში იმსხვერპლა ადამიანთა სიცოცხლე, გაანადგურა ქალაქის ინფრასტრუქტურა, მთლიანად წაიღო თამაზ ელიზბარაშვილის ძაღლთა თავშესაფარი და თბილისის ზოოპარკი.
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A flood occurred in the Vere River valley in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on the night of 14 June 2015. It resulted in at least 12 human deaths and struck the Tbilisi Zoo, leaving half of its inhabitants either dead or on the loose.
The Vere, a right tributary of the Mtkvari (Kura), runs through Tbilisi's Vake and Saburtalo neighborhoods. It is characterized by periodic flash floods, 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.
Damage and casualties
Following hours of heavy rainfall, a landslide dammed up the Vere river late on 13 June 2015. The resulting flood inflicted severe damage on the Tbilisi Zoo, a highway running through the Vere valley, and nearby houses, resulting in at least 12 deaths, including three zoo workers. One of them, a 56-year woman, had recently returned to work after having had an arm amputated two weeks earlier after a tiger mauled it.