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At least five dead in Tbilisi flooding

By Associated Press

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  May 14, 2012

A flood killed five people in Georgia’s capital overnight after torrential rain caused the local river to burst its banks, officials said Sunday. The Agency for Emergency Situations said a mother with her two children, an elderly woman, and an elderly man died in Tbilisi’s Ortachala neighborhood after the Kura River flooded Saturday night.

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