Teenager dies as heavy rain floods Istanbul
- Roads collapse and hospitals take in water as floods swamp Turkiye’s largest city, shutting schools and halting traffic.
- A teenage boy has died after torrential rain battered Istanbul, flooding hundreds of homes, causing roads to cave in and bringing traffic to a near standstill in Turkiye’s largest city.
- Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed a surveillance camera capturing the moment the 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in the Balat area of Istanbul’s Fatih district, after stepping into a puddle during heavy rain.
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- Roads collapse and hospitals take in water as floods swamp Turkiye’s largest city, shutting schools and halting traffic.
- A teenage boy has died after torrential rain battered Istanbul, flooding hundreds of homes, causing roads to cave in and bringing traffic to a near standstill in Turkiye’s largest city.
- Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed a surveillance camera capturing the moment the 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in the Balat area of Istanbul’s Fatih district, after stepping into a puddle during heavy rain.
Sources: Al Jazeera