Lions, tigers, bears and other
animals escaped from their zoo enclosures and roamed Tbilisi, the
capital of Georgia, on Sunday after flooding that killed at least eight
people, officials said.
“At
least eight people died” in the flood, Interior Minister Vakhtang
Gomelauri told Georgia’s Rustavi 2 television. An unnamed official
quoted by the channel said the toll later rose to nine.
The
Vere river burst its banks in central Tbilisi after hours of torrential
rain, turning streets and squares into raging streams, sweeping away
cars and flooding houses. Dozens of families were left without shelter
and thousands without water and electricity supply in the city of 1.2
million, the mayor’s office said.

Animals including tigers, lions, jaguars, bears, and wolves escaped from cages in the flooded Tbilisi zoo. Some of them were captured by police while others were shot dead, according to the mayor’s office. MORE PICTURES AFTER THE CUT

Animals including tigers, lions, jaguars, bears, and wolves escaped from cages in the flooded Tbilisi zoo. Some of them were captured by police while others were shot dead, according to the mayor’s office. MORE PICTURES AFTER THE CUT
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