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Family of five dies in Tekirdağ flood
Tekirdağ resident Ahmet Önal, who helped the family settle down on the farm, was called by Fatih Çakır when the downpour started at 3 a.m. yesterday and was asked to help fight the rising floodwaters. Önal was first to arrive the scene, where the hut the family was living in had been dragged 500 meters away. Önal said he arrived at the farm 10 minutes after Fatih Çakır called him, but he could not approach to the hut due to the floodwater. When search-and-rescue teams arrived at the scene, they found the body of 6-year-old Asra. Later the bodies of Büşra, Berna and their mother Hande were also found.
The father's body is still missing. The 38 animals the family was taking care of also died in the flood. İstanbul was also affected by downpours. While many houses and workplaces were flooded, people trapped in buildings were rescued by firefighting teams. One person reportedly died in the Silivri district due to the flood.
 In İstanbul, more than 100 houses and businesses were flooded in the districts of Silivri, Çatalca, Küçükçekmece, Avcılar, Kartal, Pendik and Tuzla due to the deluge. Many people were trapped in buildings and were rescued by firefighting teams.  |
In İstanbul, more than 100 houses and workplaces were flooded in the districts of Silivri, Çatalca, Küçükçekmece, Avcılar, Kartal, Pendik and Tuzla. Those who were stuck in the buildings were rescued by firefighting teams and the İstanbul Waterworks Authority (İSKİ).
A fire broke out in a house in Pendik district after the attic of a five-story building was struck by lightning. Firefighting teams extinguished the fire before the flames could jump to other buildings.
Çatalca State Hospital's polyclinics were flooded, and teams from firefighting and forestry regional directorates were trying to drain the water. A total of 208 people who had been trapped in buildings in the district were reportedly saved, while a military helicopter was sent to save 10 firefighters who got stuck in buildings while trying to rescue people from the floodwater, which reached a height of nearly four meters. The İzzettin and Kestanelik bridges were also under floodwater in the district.
Çatalca Mayor Cem Kara told the Anatolia news agency that they were using all of their resources to deal with rain-related problems in the district, yet they were having a difficult time because the district is large and disorganized. “We mobilized all our means; however, we cannot cope with the rain. We have asked for help from neighboring districts,” he added.
The traffic around İstanbul's Silivri district reportedly came to a standstill yesterday afternoon due to the rain, and teams from the highway authority attempted to ease the congestion and improve the flow of traffic.
State Meteorological Service İstanbul regional head Mustafa Yıldırım announced that the storms will ease today and temperatures will be lower than seasonal norms, while rainfall will continue until this weekend. He further noted that the temperatures will return to normal from the weekend on.
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The İzmir governorship warned its residents about the expected downpour and possible floods and lightning, issuing a written statement, while meteorology authorities warned people about a possible downpour in the western parts of the Black Sea Region.
Rainfall leaves enough water for 4 days in İstanbul
Rainfall has increased the water levels in dams enough to supply İstanbul four days. While the water levels at İstanbul dams were at 74.36 percent capacity on Sept. 7, they increased to 75.13 percent yesterday.
The storm affected water transportation in the Sea of Marmara, too. Seventeen local and foreign ships at a harbor on the Şarköy coast in Tekirdağ could not sail from the harbor due to the storm, which included winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour. Ferry travel between Kabatepe and Gökçeada Island in Çanakkale was cancelled yesterday due to the strong northeast winds.
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