PodcastPictures show devastation after flash floods in northern Turkey
Only days after wildfires raged through southern Turkey, flash floods have hit Turkey's Black Sea coast, triggering mudslides, destroying bridges and washing away houses. At least 17 people have been killed in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month.
Seventeen people have been killed in flash floods in Turkey's Black Sea region that sent water and debris cascading through streets, damaged bridges and ripped up roads in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month.
The floodwaters brought chaos to northern provinces just as authorities were declaring that some of the wildfires that had raged through southern coastal regions for two weeks had been brought under control.
Fifteen people were killed in the floods in Kastamonu province and two people died in Sinop, authorities said, adding that search and rescue operations were continuing.
More than 1,400 people were evacuated from the areas affected, some with the help of helicopters and boats, and about 740 people were being housed in student dormitories, the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said.