GEORGIAN AVALANCHES AND FLOODS BRING DEATHS
Avalanches, landslides and floods have
killed almost 100 people since the start of the year in the
Soviet Transcaucasian republic of Georgia, the official daily
Sotsialisticheskaya Industriya said.
    Some 16,000 people have been left homeless and 80,000
hectares of arable land and plantations rendered useless, the
newspaper said. The figures are still preliminary, but it
estimated total losses at over 300 mln roubles.
    It said a large number of livestock and birds were killed
in the natural disaster and more than 1,800 km of roads needed
repairing.
 REUTER
