SULAIMANI (ESTA) — At least five people were killed after heavy rains triggered flash floods in northwest Turkey, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Wednesday.
Three people died and three are still missing in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria and Greece, after houses were flooded late on Tuesday, local media reported.
A further two people were killed and 31 more injured in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul’s Basaksehir and Kucukcekmece districts, authorities said.
Images showed heavy downpours causing several cars to float in flooded waters of Istanbul’s northern districts. T
urkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said search and rescue operations were continuing and pledged financial support to families in flood-affected areas.
Around 125 kilograms per square meter of rainfall hit Istanbul in less than six hours, equal to what the city would typically expect in a month in September, the governor’s office said in a statement.
