Flash floods inundate northwestern Turkey; Hundreds trapped in factories, 5 others missing

October 2nd, 2009 ROME - At least 20 people were killed and 35 missing in flash floods in southern Italy, officials said Friday. The government has declared a state of emergency in the flood-hit town of Messina.

September 24th, 2009 4 killed, 1 missing in Turkish floodsANKARA, Turkey — The state-run news agency says heavy rains in northeast Turkey have triggered floods and a landslide that killed 4 people. One person is reported missing.

September 15th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least 12 people were killed and 25 were missing when flash floods swept homes in a district in Indonesia's North Sumatra province Tuesday, the health ministry said. Floodwaters submerged homes in Mandailing Natal district before dawn following heavy rains, said Rustam Pakaya, head of the ministry's crisis centre.

September 12th, 2009 Flash floods hit Turkey, hundreds evacuatedISTANBUL — Flash floods in northwestern Turkey forced the evacuation of about 200 workers at tile and brick factories by helicopter Saturday, an official said. Flood waters were receding and rescue workers were working to evacuate a small number of workers left at the factories near the town of Kumbag, Gov.

September 9th, 2009 Report: 14 killed in Istanbul floodISTANBUL — Flash floods gushed across an Istanbul highway and surrounding areas on Wednesday, killing 14 people and stranding dozens in their vehicles or on rooftops, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. As waters rose more than a meter (3 feet) high in the city's Ikitelli district, motorists climbed on the roofs of their vehicles waiting to be rescued.

September 9th, 2009 Flash floods slam Istanbul, kill at least 20ISTANBUL — The heaviest rainfall in at least eight decades sent flash floods barreling across a major highway and into busy business districts in Turkey's largest city on Wednesday, trapping factory workers and truck drivers in their vehicles and drowning at least 20 people. Waters six feet (2 meters) high in some places flooded hundreds of homes and offices and cut off the TEM highway, which connects central Istanbul to the sprawling city's main airport and goes on to Greece and Bulgaria.

September 9th, 2009 Report: 7 more bodies recovered in Istanbul floodsISTANBUL — A television report says rescuers have recovered seven bodies following flash floods that gushed across an Istanbul highway. CNN-Turk television says the bodies were recovered at a gas station near a main arterial road where dozens of people were stranded in vehicles.

September 9th, 2009 Report: 11 killed in Istanbul floodISTANBUL, Turkey — Flash floods gushed across an Istanbul arterial road on Wednesday, killing 11 people and stranding dozens of vehicles, reports said. As waters rose more than a meter (3 feet) high in the city's Ikitelli district, motorists climbed on roofs of their vehicles waiting to be rescued.

September 9th, 2009 ANKARA - Thirty-one people have been killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains in northwest Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday citing Turkish prime minister. Twenty-six people were killed in Istanbul province, while five people were killed in Tekirdag province, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters.

September 9th, 2009 Report: 1 killed in Istanbul floodISTANBUL, Turkey — Waters caused by torrential rain and flash floods gushed across an Istanbul arterial road on Wednesday, killing one person and stranding dozens of vehicles, officials and reports said. The reported death would raise the overall toll in floods that have hit swaths of northwestern Turkey to nine.

September 8th, 2009 8 killed, 3 missing in flash floods in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed eight people and left swaths of land in northwestern Turkey awash Tuesday. At least three people were reported missing.

September 8th, 2009 6 killed, 3 missing in flash floods in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed six people and left swaths of lands in northwestern Turkey awash Tuesday. At least three people were reported missing.

September 8th, 2009 6 killed, 1 missing in flash floods in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed six people and left swaths of lands in northwestern Turkey awash Tuesday. At least three people were reported missing.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Flash foods triggered by heavy rain last week have claimed over two dozen lives and destroyed more than 400 houses in northwestern Pakistan, the UN said Tuesday. "The floods have caused reported deaths of 27 people, with up to nine people reported missing.

July 6th, 2009 22 die in Vietnam landslides, floodsHANOI, Vietnam — The government says the death toll from landslides and floods in Vietnam's mountainous north has risen to 22. Thirteen other people are still missing after the heavy rains that struck on Friday night.