Heavy rain that intensified late on Thursday flooded streets, homes and workplaces in central Mersin on Türkiye’s southern coast, and left drivers stranded in the south-eastern city of Adıyaman, Anadolu Agency (AA), Demirören News Agency (DHA) and İhlas News Agency (İHA) reported overnight. No deaths or injuries were reported in either city.
Update, 09:40: Mersin Metropolitan Municipality said it had moved to a third-level emergency response after the orange warning, with 1,110 staff, 331 vehicles and 63 motor pumps deployed in the city, Mersin Portal and ANKA news agency reported on Friday morning. The heavy rain caused the Çavuşlu and Yalınayak streams to overflow in the Akdeniz and Toroslar districts. Acting Metropolitan Mayor Gülşah Yıldırım Genç inspected the Siteler neighbourhood, the Yalınayak stream and the area around the Hal Katlı junction during the night, while municipal and MESKİ (the city water utility) crews pumped out flooded streets and buildings. Neither report gave figures for damage, and no casualties have been reported. (Sources: Mersin Portal, ANKA via Son Dakika.)
Ground floors under water in Akdeniz and Toroslar
In Mersin, which was under an orange-level weather warning, rain fell on and off from Thursday morning and grew heavier through the night, the three agencies said. Streets in the central districts of Akdeniz and Toroslar were submerged and water entered the ground floors of many homes and shops. AA named the Güneş and Siteler neighbourhoods of Akdeniz among the worst-hit areas, and İHA said some flats in high-rise blocks were also affected, with residents bailing out water with buckets.
Traffic built up on several boulevards and drivers were stuck on flooded roads, the agencies reported. Municipal crews worked through the night to drain the water.
In Mersin’s Karaduvar neighbourhood, a warehouse storing tobacco caught fire during the night. DHA said lightning was thought to have caused the blaze; İHA said it was alleged to have started after a lightning strike. Fire crews, supported by police water-cannon vehicles according to DHA, brought the fire under control after several hours, İHA reported. The building was badly damaged and no casualties were reported. İHA said an investigation into the fire had been opened.
The flooding follows Thursday’s damage in Erdemli and Silifke to the west of the city; see floods hit homes and shops in Mersin’s Erdemli.
Drivers rescued in Adıyaman
In Adıyaman, rain that began in the evening turned Atatürk Boulevard and the city’s ring roads into standing water, with many vehicles stranded, AA and İHA reported. AA said firefighters rescued drivers trapped by the water. İHA reported that firefighters removed the window bars of a flooded house in the Ulu Cami neighbourhood to bring two elderly women out to safety.
More showers forecast for Friday
The Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM) has forecast showers and thunderstorms on Friday for the Marmara region, parts of Central Anatolia, the Black Sea and eastern and south-eastern Anatolia, Habertürk, CNN Türk and Fotomaç reported. Locally heavy rain is expected in areas including Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bartın, Zonguldak, the western coast of Balıkesir and the Kastamonu coast, as well as Adana and Hatay overnight. Forecasters warned of flash floods, landslides, lightning, local hail and disruption to transport. Temperatures are expected to rise by 2-4C along the Mediterranean.
In Istanbul the forecast is for intermittent showers and thunderstorms with highs of around 17C. Province-level warnings are published on the MGM website, mgm.gov.tr.
Sources
- Mersin’de sağanak gece boyunca etkili oldu, Akdeniz’de ev ve iş yerlerini su bastı (AA via Son Dakika)
- Mersin’de sağanak sonrası caddeler göle döndü, sürücüler yolda kaldı (DHA via Son Dakika)
- Mersin’de gece şiddetlenen sağanak Akdeniz ve Toroslar’da hayatı felç etti (İHA via Son Dakika)
- Karaduvar’da tütün dolu antrepo yandı (DHA via Son Dakika)
- Mersin’de tütün deposundaki yangın saatler süren müdahaleyle kontrol altına alındı (İHA via Son Dakika)
- Adıyaman’da sağanak su birikintisi oluşturdu, mahsur sürücüleri itfaiye kurtardı (AA via Son Dakika)
- Adıyaman’da sağanak yolları göle çevirdi, çok sayıda araç mahsur kaldı (İHA via Son Dakika)
- Adıyaman’da su basan evdeki 2 yaşlı kadın itfaiye ekiplerince pencereden kurtarıldı (İHA via Son Dakika)
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