September 08 2009
Ankara - Seven people were killed and two were missing on Tuesday as torrential rain triggered floods in northwestern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported, quoting local officials.
A family of five were swept away from a farm near the town of Saray, Tekirdag province, when heavy rain caused a river to burst its bank overnight and inundate a large area, causing significant material damage, the town's mayor Nazmi Coban said.
The bodies of the mother and her three daughters, aged six, eight and 12, were found several kilometers (miles) away from the farm. Rescue teams were still looking for the father.
Rescuers also discovered the bodies of an elderly couple among the wreckage of a nearby house that was swept away by the flooding, Coban told Anatolia.
Another victim died of a heart attack when flood waters gushed into his home in Istanbul's seaside suburb of Silivri, the capital's governor Muammer Gulen told Anatolia, adding that a child was unaccounted for.
The heavy rain battered Istanbul and its environs, causing flooding in Silivri, used by many Istanbul residents as a holiday getaway.
Footage broadcast on television showed large parts of the Silivri shore inundated as flood waters gushing into the sea where cars were clearly visible among moored boats.
The storm in Istanbul also caused a Cambodian-flagged bulk carrier to run aground near the suburb Kilyos on the Black Sea coast, newspapers said Tuesday.
The vessel later broke in two under the impact of massive waves, they added.
The 12-strong crew of Ukrainians, Georgians and Azeris, was rescued by Turkish coast guard.
Ankara - Seven people were killed and two were missing on Tuesday as torrential rain triggered floods in northwestern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported, quoting local officials.
A family of five were swept away from a farm near the town of Saray, Tekirdag province, when heavy rain caused a river to burst its bank overnight and inundate a large area, causing significant material damage, the town's mayor Nazmi Coban said.
The bodies of the mother and her three daughters, aged six, eight and 12, were found several kilometers (miles) away from the farm. Rescue teams were still looking for the father.
Rescuers also discovered the bodies of an elderly couple among the wreckage of a nearby house that was swept away by the flooding, Coban told Anatolia.
Another victim died of a heart attack when flood waters gushed into his home in Istanbul's seaside suburb of Silivri, the capital's governor Muammer Gulen told Anatolia, adding that a child was unaccounted for.
The heavy rain battered Istanbul and its environs, causing flooding in Silivri, used by many Istanbul residents as a holiday getaway.
Footage broadcast on television showed large parts of the Silivri shore inundated as flood waters gushing into the sea where cars were clearly visible among moored boats.
The storm in Istanbul also caused a Cambodian-flagged bulk carrier to run aground near the suburb Kilyos on the Black Sea coast, newspapers said Tuesday.
The vessel later broke in two under the impact of massive waves, they added.
The 12-strong crew of Ukrainians, Georgians and Azeris, was rescued by Turkish coast guard.
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