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Five dead in Turkey's latest round of floods

Thu, Sep 24 2009 12:53 CET

byNick Iliev

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Five dead in Turkey's latest round of floods

Deadly floods in Istanbul from two weeks ago
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Turkey is being battered by the latest round of heavy rain, resulting in flash floods and more casualties. Rising water levels caused by torrential rains killed at least five people in northeastern Turkey on September 24, the local Turkish NTV have said, quoted by Dnevnik daily.

Two people have reportedly drowned in the province of Artvin, including an 80-year-old who perished in her house in Borcka.

Artvin is a city in northeastern Turkey on the Coruh River near the Georgian border. Borcka, one of the heaviest affected areas by the flood, is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, on the border with Georgia. The other three fatalities were also in the area, although Turkish authorities have not disclosed further details.

Only a fortnight ago, the heaviest precipitation in more than 80 years resulted in the deaths of 32 people in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, including a Bulgarian national.

Turkish authorities in Istanbul were heavily criticised because of illegitimate and poorly executed construction that allegedly contributed to the death toll.

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