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Foreign tourists lost in snowdrift in Georgia

Politics Materials 17 September 2010 12:49 (UTC +04:00)
A group of foreign tourists have gone missing in an avalanche in Georgia.
Foreign tourists lost in snowdrift in Georgia

Georgia, Tbilisi, Sept. 17 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /

A group of foreign tourists have gone missing in an avalanche in Georgia.

The mountaineers climbed to a glacier and were overtaken by an avalanche, Georgia's Channel One reported. 

The Georgian Defense Ministry has already sent a helicopter to rescue the tourists. The rescue team also includes doctors, who will provide assistance to the mountaineers.

No causalities have as of yet been reported. The Health Ministry has mobilized doctors from the medical service in the disaster zone.

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