Floods leave at least 13 dead in earthquake-affected provinces in Turkey
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- 15 Mar 2023
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At least 13 people have died in Turkey after floods caused by torrential rains hit two provinces that were devastated by last month’s earthquake, officials have said.
At least five other people were reported missing.
One person was killed in the town of Tut in south-eastern Adiyaman province, where surging waters swept away a container home sheltering a family of earthquake survivors, Governor Numan Hatipoglu said.
The governor of neighbouring Sanliurfa province, Salih Ayhan, told HaberTurk television that four people were killed by the floods in his region.
Later, rescuers found the bodies of five Syrian nationals inside a flooded basement apartment in Sanliurfa, the private DHA news agency reported.
Television footage from Sanliurfa showed flood waters surging along a street and sweeping away cars as well as a man being rescued from an underpass. Read More…
