Istanbul’s worst floods in 80 years leave 4 dead
Officials said 46,000 workers are helping residents as damage reports near 20,000 and search teams continue looking for missing people.
- On Friday, Turkey's interior minister Mustafa Ciftci confirmed that catastrophic flooding in Istanbul has become the worst in over 80 years, with the death toll rising to four following torrential rain that began Wednesday night.
- Istanbul, a city of 16 million residents, received more rainfall in the 48 hours leading up to Thursday morning than the combined historical average for September and October, overwhelming local infrastructure and sweeping away dozens of vehicles.
- In the Sariyer district, rescuers recovered a 66-year-old man's body Friday, while 46,000 personnel are managing 9,850 reports of damage and assisting residents across the city.
- Environment Minister Murat Kurum visited flood-hit neighborhoods, addressing concerns that urban development near waterways exacerbated the disaster and asserting that managing these vulnerabilities is essential.
- Ahead of chairing the U.N. climate change conference, COP31, in Antalya next month, Kurum stated that "combating climate change is not a choice, but a necessity" while linking the floods to climate effects.
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Flood disaster in Istanbul, at least 9 people dead
While the well-to-do waited it out in secure luxury residences or left the city altogether, working people—those living in basement flats and along the streams, and those forced to go to work—bore the real cost of the disaster.
The worst torrential rains recorded in Turkey for 84 years leave ten dead confirmed this Tuesday after seriously flooding the provinces of Istanbul. This week’s devastating storm equals the destruction of the strong floods of 2009 and 2019. Those precedents unleashed a deep social outrage that led to looting and riots. The Office continues to read "At least 10 dead in Istanbul due to the most intense rains recorded in Turkey in 80 years."
Turkish authorities reported on Monday that the death toll from floods in and around Istanbul had risen to eight, with one person still missing, after the heaviest rainfall in nearly 80 years hit the western city. Istanbul Governor Davut Gül stated that six people died in Istanbul, while the bodies of two others from a neighboring province were washed ashore in the southeastern suburbs of Turkey's largest city. The torrential rains began lashing…
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.
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