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A Tornado Rips Through a Construction Site in Turkey, Killing 4 Workers
Officials said the tornado tore apart worker housing and knocked down a crane, leaving one survivor in good condition as investigators questioned site personnel.
- On Monday, a tornado struck the Fevzi neighborhood of Kepez, a district in Antalya, Turkey, destroying two construction containers housing workers, Anadolu Agency reported.
- The Turkish national weather service had issued a yellow-level warning for heavy rain prior to the tornado; officials described the destruction as highly localized with no other storms reported.
- Four workers died and one was injured when the tornado destroyed the two containers, Antalya Governor Hulusi reported; Antalya Bilgileri noted one container was thrown 300 meters onto a school roof.
- A crane at the same construction site also collapsed during the incident, and officials confirmed the surviving worker suffered minor injuries and remains in good condition.
- Tornadoes are not uncommon along Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, particularly during fall and winter; the coastline around Antalya remains one of the country's most tornado-prone areas.
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