Tornado kills 4 construction workers in southern Turkey
Officials said the storm was highly localized and the surviving worker was in good condition after the containers were torn apart.
- 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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The tornado hit a play in Fevzi Cakmak, an area that was under yellow warning by heavy rains
At least four workers have died and another was injured after a tornado suddenly hit a construction site in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday evening. The storm caused extensive damage to the workplace, putting workers at risk at the time of the impact, reports Telegrafi. According to reports, strong winds lifted two containers used as accommodation for workers into the air. The force of the storm also caused the collapse of a tower crane, while the ar…
The tornado raged exclusively on the construction site in the district of Kepez, in the rest of Antalya there was only rain.
In the Turkish coastal town of Antalya, four construction workers were killed by a tornado and the windpants destroyed their housing containers.
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