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Flash floods caused by torrential rains have blocked major roads in Istanbul.
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The water level rose to four meters (13 feet) in some places, trapping motorists. Estimates as to the number of vehicles lost to the floods remain uncertain.
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The flood caused extensive damage to residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of Istanbul. Numerous apartment buildings and entire gated communities in the Ikitelli and Silivri districts were inundated.
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The flooding is the city’s worst in 80 years. The official death toll in north-western Turkey is nine, but unofficial records say many more have died.
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Torrential rains that hit Mexico City in the last 24 hours have killed at least two and forced local authorities to evacuate the populations of the worst affected areas.
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The government of the Mexican Federal District or Distrito Federal said northern and north-western areas were the hardest hit.
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According to Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, this has been the most arid summer in the past 40 years. This is why the current conditions are so paradoxical. Last Sunday, rainfall in the Mexican capital exceeded the 1988 record.
