Floods hit Turkey days after wildfires rip through the country
Floods caused by unusually heavy rainfall struck northern coast on Wednesday, tearing down a bridge and leaving villages without power, after some of
State broadcaster TRT Haber said one person died from a heart attack in the northern province of Bartin, and emergency workers were looking for another person who was missing.
Thirteen people were also injured after a bridge collapsed in Bartin and there were power outages in 12 villages, the (AFAD) said.
In Sinop province, 150 miles (240 km) east of Bartin, a house collapsed due to the deluge and cars were left stranded in water.Ìý
AFAD said a hospital was being evacuated and some roads were closed in Sinop, warning that strong rains in the area were expected to continue.
Turkey's north is prone to flash floods in the summer when rains are particularly strong. Last year at least five people were killed in floods in the region.
Turkey has also battled that burnt tens of thousands of hectares of forest along its southern coast for the last two weeks.
The UNÌýclimate panel sounded a dire warning this week that the world's greenhouse gas levels were high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades.
The 1.1-degree Celsius warming already recorded has been enough to unleash disastrous weather including the fires in Turkey, and the United States.