Multiple Deaths Due to Heavy Rainfall in Istanbul, 14-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted

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Persistent heavy rain causes chaos in Istanbul. Numerous people have to be brought out of their homes to safety. Greece is also struggling with severe storms.

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Persistent heavy rain causes chaos in the Turkish metropolis. Numerous people had to be evacuated from their homes – the rain has not yet stopped.

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After heavy rains, roads and underpasses stood under water. A 14-year-old died after an electric shock in a varnish.

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Heavy rainfall in Istanbul caused flooding in over a thousand locations, and two people lost their lives. AKOM (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Disaster Coordination Center) warned that rainfall would continue in the Anatolian side and around the Bosphorus, and that some areas could receive up to 75 kilograms of additional rain per square meter by 10:00 AM. In Beykoz, the measured rainfall reached 242 kilograms per square meter.

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Heavy downpours have hit Istanbul. Two people died as a result of the violent weather, one of them a 14-year-old boy. The rainfall led to the flooding of numerous homes and significant disruptions on roads and at the airport.

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A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy died of an electric shock in a park in Istanbul's Fatih district after stepping into a puddle of live electricity.