Rescuers recover body of man trapped under avalanche on Pshaveli-Omalo road

Rescuers recover body of man trapped under avalanche on Pshaveli-Omalo road

A body has been found in the search for a man who went missing three days ago after an avalanche hit the 36 th kilometer of Pshaveli-Omalo road, the Emergency Situation Management Service said on Friday.

It said 5 teams of firefighter-rescuers have been deployed at the scene after 532 000 tonnes of snow and soil mass hit the road.

Two men were trapped under an avalanche on Pshaveli-Omalo road. One of them was rescued by locals and was later taken to hospital. Another man went missing and the firefighter-rescuers had been searching for him.