TURKEY: Another person has died in high waters, raising the death toll from this week's floods to 32

Record ID: 784691

  • Title: TURKEY: Another person has died in high waters, raising the death toll from this week's floods to 32
  • Date: 12th September 2009
  • Summary: DOGUBEYAZIT, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 10, 2009) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RUNNING ALONG STREETS IN HEAVY RAIN VARIOUS ROAD FULL OF WATER MAN LOOKING AT FLOOD WATER VARIOUS OF FLOODWATERS MAN WALKING IN FLOODWATER FLOODWATERS PEOPLE LOOKING AT FLOODWATERS FLOODWATERS BULLDOZER CLEARING MUD ISTANBUL, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 9, 2009) (REUTERS) WIDE OF HIGHWAY FULL OF WATER DEBRISFLOATING DOWN FLOODED HIGHWAY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ALONG FLOODED HIGHWAY PARTIALLY SUBMERGED CARS PUSHED UP AGAINST GATE IN FLOODWATER PARTIALLY SUBMERGED CAR IN FLOODWATER
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVADZCPM7S407J3QLTEAJT43MBA0
  • Story Text: One person drowned in floods that swept the eastern Turkey town of Dogubeyazit on Thursday (September (10), state-run Anatolian news agency has reported.
    The man who died was trying to cross a flooded road.
    Heavy rain that lasted for about 45 minutes had caused local rivers to flood main streets in the town.
    Thirty one people died in floods in northwestern Turkey after two days of the heaviest rain in 80 years, official sources reported on Wednesday (September 9).
    Twenty-six people died in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city with 14 million inhabitants, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said late on Wednesday.
    Another five died in Saray, west of Istanbul, reportedly all from the same family.
    Nine more were missing, Erdogan said.
    Witnesses said waves of muddy waters pulling cars, trees and debris crashed into homes and buildings early on Wednesday.
    The waters began to recede late on Wednesday revealing wrecked buildings and debris scattered across the streets, as distressed residents and workers started the clean-up.
    Interior Minister Besir Atalay said the death toll could rise as waters continued to recede.
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