Tornado in Antalya topples crane and workers' housing at construction site: four dead

What happened

In Turkey, a tornado destroyed workers' temporary housing and a construction crane at a construction site in the Fevzi Çakmak district of Antalya. Four people were killed and one more was injured — this was reported by Gazeta.Ru citing the agency BNO News. According to the agency, buildings adjacent to the construction site were not damaged.

Severe weather warning

Before the incident, the Turkish meteorological service issued a yellow level weather warning due to heavy rains. The available reports do not say whether there was any damage outside the construction site or provide details about the injured person.

Context on extreme events

In early October, the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov stated that Russia's territory is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world due to global warming, and that this trend will continue; according to him, accelerated warming will lead to an increase in the number of extreme weather events, including unusual ones such as tornadoes, while Russian climatologists are able to make long-term forecasts five years ahead. This statement concerns Russia and is not directly related to the incident in Antalya; separately, Gazeta.Ru previously reported on a video of a double tornado.