Drone footage shows massive devastation in flood hit Turkish town

Drone footage showed massive damage in the flood-hit Black Sea town of Bozkurt on Saturday (August 14), as the death toll rose to 40 in the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month. About 45 cm (18 inches) of rain fell in less than three days in one village near the worst-hit region, Kastamonu's Bozkurt district, the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate cited meteorology authorities as saying. Drone footage showed severely damaged buildings, collapsed structures and rescue efforts in parts of the town. The floods, among the worst Turkey has experienced, brought chaos to northern provinces just as authorities were declaring that wildfires - which raged through southern coastal regions for two weeks - had been brought under control. Torrents of water tossed dozens of cars and heaps of debris along streets, destroyed bridges, closed roads and cut off electricity to hundreds of villages. The small town of Bozkurt lies in a valley along the banks of the Ezine river in Kastamonu province, 2.5 km (1.6 miles) from the Black Sea. The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: https://bit.ly/3eCz8AX Like The Sun on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2XP01ux Follow The Sun on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSun Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/2XMzyhg