The death toll from Turkey's flash floods soared to 27 on Friday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to inspect one of the hardest-hit regions and lend his moral support.
This handout picture released by Turkey’s IHH humanitarian aid group on August 12, 2021 shows a car floating in water in Kastamonu, after flash floods swept across several Black Sea regions. – Heavy storms descended on Turkey’s northern stretches just as rescuers reported bringing hundreds of wildfires that have killed eight people since late July under near total control in the south. /
World scientists believe that natural disasters like those in Turkey are becoming more intense and frequent because of global warming and climate change. Polls show that the climate is a top priority for up to seven million members of Generation Z whose votes Erdogan will need to extend his rule into a third decade in the 2023 vote.“I offer my condolences to the loved ones of our 17 fellow citizens who lost their lives,” he said when the toll was still 17 on Thursday night.
Rescuers have been forced to evacuate a hospital holding 45 patients — four of them in intensive care — in the region around the coastal city of Sinop.Images on television and social media showed stranded villagers being plucked off rooftops by helicopter and bridges collapsing under the force of the rushing water below.
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