{"id":138207,"date":"2023-09-06T16:35:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=138207"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:35:25","slug":"at-least-5-people-killed-as-rainstorms-floods-hit-turkey-greece-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/at-least-5-people-killed-as-rainstorms-floods-hit-turkey-greece-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 5 people killed as rainstorms, floods hit Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least five people have been killed in torrential rainstorms and\u00a0flooding in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, including two people who were washed away when floodwaters swept through a camping ground in Turkey\u2019s northwestern province.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday that four other people were still missing after the flash flood swept over the vacation site in Kirklareli province, near the borders with Bulgaria and Greece, where some 12 holidaymakers were staying at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Search teams had located two bodies and six people were rescued, the minister said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe search and rescue efforts for the missing 4 persons continue uninterrupted,\u201d Yerlikaya said on the platform X previously known as Twitter, with accompanying photos of a heavily flooded forested area.<\/p>\n<p>In Istanbul, Turkey\u2019s largest city, heavy rain flooded streets and homes in at least two neighbourhoods, shutting down some subway stations and trapping people in a library, the Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul\u2019s Governor Davut Gul said on social media that authorities would provide accommodation in public facilities for those affected by flooding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least five people have been killed in torrential rainstorms and\u00a0flooding in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, including two people who were washed away when floodwaters swept through a camping ground in Turkey\u2019s northwestern province. 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