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Turkey Braces For More Bad Weather After Floods Kill Four

  Strong rain, winds and flash floods are expected in northern and central Turkey on Monday, after a weekend of flooding that reportedly killed at … Continue reading Turkey Braces For More Bad Weather After Floods Kill Four


Galataport is pictured from The Costa Venezia cruising ship moored in Istanbul, on June 6, 2022. – Galataport, located at a waterfront Istanbul neighborhood of Karakoy, has positioned itself as a homeport since it opened in 2021 and is set to energise cruise tourism across a vast region from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea at a time when the Turkish economy has gone into a tailspin over weakening lira and soaring inflation. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
Galataport is pictured from The Costa Venezia cruising ship moored in Istanbul, on June 6, 2022. –  (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

 

Strong rain, winds and flash floods are expected in northern and central Turkey on Monday, after a weekend of flooding that reportedly killed at least four people.

Bad weather warnings were in place in 42 towns and cities in the north and centre, including the capital, Ankara.

Schools were closed in Ankara and the central town of Gemerek.

Last year, around 100 people died in violent weather events in Turkey, including flash floods, wildfires and droughts.

The disasters pushed climate change up the political agenda, especially among younger voters.

Torrential rains and hailstorms swept through the north and centre at the weekend, causing floods that killed three people near Ankara and another in the central province of Karaman, local media reported.

Rescue services were still searching on Monday for a person missing in the Ankara region.

Several towns were damaged by the floods.

Eight villages in the northern province of Kastamonu were still cut off on Monday after several roads collapsed.