The body of a tourist who was hit by mudflow was found in Pshavi.

“The Public Safety Management Center 112 received information that in Pshavi, a mudflow from the mountain caused a foreign citizen on a motorcycle to fall into a river.

The Emergency Management Agency started the search of the missing person as soon as the notification was received.

Groups of the Fire and Rescue Department working in the disaster zone were involved in the process as soon as possible, which, despite the difficult terrain and the outflowing river, inspected the water surface and the shoreline of the Aragvi.

As part of the search-and-rescue measures of the foreign citizen, the employees of the service found the body of a man”, - reads the statement.

Heavy rain hit 18 villages in the north-eastern Dusheti municipality, causing landslides and damaging sections of roads and a central highway. Emergency professionals rescued dozens from the location earlier during the day.