Death Toll Rises To 70 From Turkey Floods, 47 Reported Missing

Flash floods that swept through towns in Turkish Black Sea provinces have killed 70 people and emergency workers continue to search for 47 missing people.

According to authorities on Monday,the floods last week brought chaos as torrents of water tossed dozens of cars and heaps of debris along streets, destroyed buildings and bridges, closed roads and damaged electricity infrastructure.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said Sixty people died as a result of floods in Kastamonu province. Another nine people died in Sinop and one in Bartin,.

Meanwhile, Rescue teams look for survivors from flash floods in Turkey’s Black Sea region, which come just as the country was gaining control over hundreds of wildfires that killed eight people and destroyed swathes of forest along its scenic southern coast.

Forty-seven people were reported missing in Kastamonu and Sinop, it said.

Drone footage showed massive damage in the town of Bozkurt in Kastamonu province, where rescue teams searched demolished buildings at the weekend.

AFAD said More than 2,000 people were evacuated from affected areas, some with the help of helicopters and boats.

Weather forecasters warned of further flooding due to expected heavy rainfall on Monday in Black Sea provinces to the east of the regions affected last week.