{"id":4710,"date":"2020-08-24T10:09:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T03:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2020-08-24T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T03:09:49","slug":"flash-floods-in-northern-turkey-kill-five-11-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/flash-floods-in-northern-turkey-kill-five-11-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash floods in northern Turkey kill five, 11 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0Flash floods in Turkey\u2019s northern Black Sea region killed five people, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, and authorities were searching for 11 missing people.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4711 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/illume-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"838\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/illume-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/illume-1-150x98.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/illume-1-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/illume-1-696x455.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-cover fancybox\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-caption=\"Houses submerged by the rising waters of the Tigris River are seen in Hasankeyf in southeastern Batman province, Turkey, February 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters\"><figcaption><em>Houses submerged by the rising waters of the Tigris River are seen in Hasankeyf in southeastern Batman province, Turkey, February 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"outer-body\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Floodwaters caused by unusually heavy rainfall dragged debris and vehicles along a road, leaving them buried in mud, footage from the province of Giresun showed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents were seen clearing streets, as construction machines lifted the debris and cleared roads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking in Istanbul, Erdogan said the floods had spread to neighbouring provinces as well, causing injuries in Rize and Trabzon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn the initial reports we received, we had five dead and around 12 wounded as a result of heavy floods,\u201d Erdogan said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGod willing, we will overcome the damage and destruction here rapidly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey\u2019s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said it had sent a team for search and rescue operations and that teams in other provinces were also waiting on alert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, it said that there was no acess to Giresun\u2019s Dereli district via the main road after streams overflowed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 153 people had so far been rescued and nearly 1,000 aid workers were searching for the missing people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said power was restored in some areas, but there was extensive damage to the infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe were not expecting such a severe scene in the area,\u201d he told reporters in Giresun, along with Environment Minister Murat Kurum, who said 17 buildings had collapsed and 361 others were damaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rainfall in Giresun had exceeded averages for the month of August by 1.5 times, but agricultural damage in the region was less than expected, said Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Flash floods in Turkey\u2019s northern Black Sea region killed five people, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, and authorities were searching for 11 missing people.\u00a0 Houses submerged by the rising waters of the Tigris River are seen in Hasankeyf in southeastern Batman province, Turkey, February 20, 2020. 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