A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul on September 5, 2023. AFP
A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul on September 5, 2023. AFP
A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul on September 5, 2023. AFP
A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul on September 5, 2023. AFP

Several dead as flash floods hit Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria


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Eleven people were killed on Tuesday as flash floods hit Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, officials said.

Two died in Istanbul and 12 others were injured after heavy rain transformed the city's streets into fast-flowing rivers in the Basaksehir and Kucukcekmece districts, the Istanbul Governor's Office said.

More were feared dead.

The surging flood waters affected more than 1,750 homes and businesses in the city, according to the Governor’s Office.

They included a line of shops in the Ikitelli district, where the deluge dragged parked vehicles and mud into furniture stores, destroying the merchandise, DHA reported.

The floods also engulfed a parking area for containers and trucks on the city's outskirts where people found safety by climbing on the roof of a restaurant, Turkish media reported.

Three other people were killed and three others were missing in the north-western city of Kirklareli, near the border with Bulgaria, Turkey's emergency service said.

The storm partially flooded an Istanbul subway station and forced the evacuation of dozens of people from a city library, local media reports said.

Television and social media images showed rushing water sweeping away cars and city market stalls.

The rain followed a particularly dry summer during which water levels in the city's reservoir of the city of 16 million people fall to nine-year lows.

  • Floodwaters and mud cover the land after the country's record rainstorm, in the village of Nea Lefki, in Thessaly region, central Greece. AP
    Floodwaters and mud cover the land after the country's record rainstorm, in the village of Nea Lefki, in Thessaly region, central Greece. AP
  • This photograph shows The Epineas river after heavy floods in Palamas, near Karditsa, central Greece. AFP
    This photograph shows The Epineas river after heavy floods in Palamas, near Karditsa, central Greece. AFP
  • This photograph shows flooded fields after heavy floods in Palamas, near Karditsa, central Greece. AFP
    This photograph shows flooded fields after heavy floods in Palamas, near Karditsa, central Greece. AFP
  • Ilias Chatziliadis holds his daughter Georgia after firefighters helped her evacuate a flooded building in Larissa, central Greece. AP
    Ilias Chatziliadis holds his daughter Georgia after firefighters helped her evacuate a flooded building in Larissa, central Greece. AP
  • Water covers a main street after a rainstorm in Volos, central Greece. AP
    Water covers a main street after a rainstorm in Volos, central Greece. AP
  • A fireman works on a road flooded due to the impact of storm Daniel in the city of Volos, Greece. Reuters
    A fireman works on a road flooded due to the impact of storm Daniel in the city of Volos, Greece. Reuters
  • Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
    Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
  • Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
    Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
  • Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
    Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey. AP
  • Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, early Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. AP
    Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, early Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. AP
  • A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
    A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
  • A rescuer walks in a flooded street in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
    A rescuer walks in a flooded street in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
  • A man stands on a roof waiting to be rescued by boat during flooding in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
    A man stands on a roof waiting to be rescued by boat during flooding in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
  • People are rescued and evacuated by boats during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
    People are rescued and evacuated by boats during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
  • People are rescued and evacuated by boats during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
    People are rescued and evacuated by boats during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
  • A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
    A man is rescued and evacuated during flooding of Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul. AFP
  • A girl is rescued during floods at a campsite in Kirklareli province, Turkey. AP
    A girl is rescued during floods at a campsite in Kirklareli province, Turkey. AP
  • A cyclist rides through floodwater in the Basaksehir district of Istanbul. AP
    A cyclist rides through floodwater in the Basaksehir district of Istanbul. AP
  • People walk next to floods in Basaksehir. AP
    People walk next to floods in Basaksehir. AP
  • Heavy rain in Basaksehir. AP
    Heavy rain in Basaksehir. AP
  • A body bag containing a victim of the floods at a campsite in Kirklareli province. AP
    A body bag containing a victim of the floods at a campsite in Kirklareli province. AP

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said people were missing after the floodwaters swept over the campsite in Kirklareli. Mr Yerlikaya said about 12 campers were at the site at the time.

Rescue efforts

Search teams had located two bodies, he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “The search and rescue efforts for the missing continue uninterrupted,” he said.

Television footage showed rescuers carrying a young girl and an adult to safety from waist-high waters. The rains also damaged and forced the closure of a main road, HaberTurk television reported.

Heavy rain also hit neighbouring Greece and Bulgaria, causing floods that killed at least five people.

In Greece, police banned traffic in the central town of Volos, the nearby mountain region of Pilion and the resort island of Skiathos as record rainfall caused at least one death, channelled thigh-high torrents through streets, and swept cars away.

The fire department said one man was killed near Volos when a wall buckled and fell on him while at least five people were reported missing, possibly swept away by floodwaters.

Authorities sent text message alerts in several other areas of central Greece, the Sporades islands and the island of Evia warning people to limit their movements outdoors.

Streams burst their banks and swept cars into the sea in the Pilion area, while rockfalls blocked roads, a small bridge was washed away, and many areas suffered electricity cuts. Authorities evacuated a retirement home in the city of Volos as a precaution.

Greece’s weather service said one Pilion region village received 75.4cm of rain late on Tuesday, by far the highest level recorded since 2006.

The average annual rainfall in the Athens region is around 40cm, it said.

Heavy rain is expected to ease on Wednesday afternoon, said Vassilis Kikilias, Greece's Minister of Climate Change and Civil Protection.

People in affected areas have been advised to stay indoors.

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