Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has killed eight people, with officials warning people to stay indoors to avoid animals that have escaped from a zoo.
Accordin to BBc, The missing animals include tigers, lions, bears and wolves. Three of the dead people were found within the zoo.
A hippopotamus was cornered in one of the city's main squares and subdued with a tranquiliser gun. Read more to view video...
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Rescue workers are searching submerged homes to check for trapped residents.
Dozens of people have been left homeless.
People help a hippopotamus escape from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on 14 June 2015
Many dangerous animals are still missing in Tbilisi. A handout picture provided by the Georgian Prime Minister's press office shows a runaway bear sitting on the window of the second floor of a building on the flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia on 14 June 2015.
People have been told to stay indoors until the animals have been found. A man shoots a tranquilizer dart to put a hippopotamus to sleep at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, 14 June 2015.
The hippopotamus was tranquilised, but some animals have been killed. The flooding began when heavy rains caused the River Vere to burst its banks.
Thousands of people have been left without water and electricity while others have had to be airlifted to safety.
Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has called on residents to stay indoors until the animals have been found.
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