Landslide clearance work continues in Georgia as death toll climbs to at least 26

In a statement on August 15, Georgia's Interior Ministry announced that the death toll from a landslide at a resort town in northwestern Georgia has risen to 26 and seven bodies remain missing.

Search operations are ongoing for seven people still missing from the landslide around Shovi, a small resort in the Caucasus nation's northwest. Teams are searching both at the epicenter of the disaster and in nearby riverbeds, according to the ministry.