Istanbul Flood Toll Rises to Eight as Rescuers Find More Bodies
Officials said nearly 20,000 damage reports were filed as rescuers continued searching for one missing person.
- On Monday, the death toll from last week's historic flooding in and around Istanbul rose to eight, Istanbul Governor Davut Gul confirmed; the October 14 rainfall was the heaviest recorded since 1942.
- Historic rainfall on October 14 triggered flash flooding that battered Turkey's largest city, causing chaos as fast-flowing waters dragged away cars and people; authorities received nearly 20,000 reports of property damage.
- Gul reported six deaths in Istanbul and two in Kocaeli, with bodies swept as far as Pendik; search teams continue to look for one missing person following the disaster.
- Authorities paid 10,000 Turkish lira to 5,200 residents on Friday, October 16, with payments for another 2,500 people scheduled for Monday; this aid targets flood-affected residents.
- The disaster generated around 19,300 reports of problems, with officials determining that around 2,000 homes and about 900 businesses suffered serious damage; cleanup efforts remain underway.
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The death toll from floods in Istanbul and surrounding areas has risen to eight. The city was hit by the heaviest rainfall in over 80 years. Authorities received thousands of reports of damage.
Istanbul suffered the most damage, with a record rainfall in 24 hours since 1942, and another reported missing.
The historic rains on Wednesday were the highest recorded since the beginning of the surveys in 1942, according to the authorities.
The lifeless body of Doğan Arslan, one of the two people who went missing after the jeep fell into a stream and was swept away by floodwaters in the Gebze district of Kocaeli, was found. The lifeless body of Fatih Demirtaş (31) was found in Pendik yesterday, while it was learned that the driver of the vehicle, Mustafa Deniz Ertaş, survived by clinging to a branch of a tree.
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