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At least 14 people have been killed in flooding about five weeks after the earthquake in southeastern Turkey. According to Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, five people were still missing on Wednesday.
Twelve people were killed in Sanliurfa province, which borders only Syria. Two people were killed in neighboring Adiyaman province. According to the DHA news agency, there were also floods in the southeastern Turkish metropolis of Diyarbakir. The disaster hits a region that was rocked by strong earthquakes just five weeks ago.
The governor of Sanliurfa called on residents to stay indoors or move to safe areas if necessary. Schools were closed for a day. According to the DHA news agency, not only residential buildings were flooded in Sanliurfa, but also the emergency department of a hospital. The patients were evacuated.
According to the interior minister, a container house in which a family was staying was washed away in Adiyaman province, Tut district, about 110 kilometers to the north. One person has died.
Soylu called on the residents of Adiyaman to stay away from riverbeds. The day before, the heavy rain had already caused problems for the people in the earthquake area. For example, the water penetrated tents in Iskenderun, Hatay province.
More than 48,000 people lost their lives in the February 6 earthquake and many aftershocks in Turkey alone. After that, hundreds of thousands of people in the region were left homeless and sheltered in emergency shelters such as tents.
As recordings from Haber Global broadcaster showed, the floodwaters washed away cars and damaged roads and bridges. Videos showed people swimming to safety. A report by broadcaster Habertürk showed how local residents rescue a man and a child from a flooded street in the city of Sanliurfa with a rope.
For the next two days, the Turkish civil protection authority Afad expected further heavy rains in the region and warned residents of further storms and flooding. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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