- Title: Video shows boat sinking during heavy rain in Istanbul
- Date: 17th August 2019
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (AUGUST 17, 2019) (REUTERS) FLOODED UNDERPASS STRANDED PEOPLE LEAVING AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED MUNICIPALITY WORKER WALKING TOWARDS FLOODED UNDERPASS VARIOUS OF SHOPKEEPERS PILING UP DAMAGED GOODS IN FLOODED UNDERPASS VARIOUS OF FLOODED UNDERPASS / DAMAGED GOODS FLOATING ON FLOOD WATER POLICEMEN WORKING AROUND DEAD BODY COVERED WITH SHEETS (GRAPHIC)
- Embargoed: 31st August 2019 17:11
- Keywords: heavy rains floods istanbul one killed
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA002ASLVY9Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT
A boat was dragged by floodwater during heavy rain in Istanbul's Kadikoy district on Saturday (August 17).
Video shot and released by Daksar, a volunteer search and rescue group, showed the sinking boat sinking under another boat that was docked on the side of the waterway.
Rain started early in the day in parts of Istanbul and picked up pace around noon.
Turkish authorities said homeless man was found dead in the Unkapani area on the European side of the city due to the flood.
Several roads across Istanbul, including parts of the road on the shores of the Bakirkoy district and a section of one of the city's main highways, had also been submerged, Istanbul municipality's Disaster Coordination Centre (AKOM) said.
The rains also flooded an underpass where several shops are located in the Eminonu neighbourhood, it said.
AKOM said 114 kilograms of rain per square metre had fallen in the Fatih district, where the Grand Bazaar, as well as the Unkapani and Eminonu areas, are located.
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