News about downpours: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.
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Record-breaking downpours in Crimea: 509 mm of precipitation has fallen in the Yalta district since October 17 — an all-time record. Flooding rivers have inundated homes and a crocodile enclosure, traffic on the Southern Coast Highway has been closed, and seven people have been evacuated in Koreiz.
Sevara AzamovaHeavy rains in eastern Spain have claimed the lives of at least four people. In parts of the Valencian Community, up to 700 liters of precipitation per square meter fell within 24 hours, and rescuers carried out more than 400 operations. Cleanup efforts have begun.
Javlon TursunovThe death toll from floods in Istanbul, caused by the heaviest downpours since 1942, has reached eight. Governor Davut Gül reported six deaths in the city and two in Kocaeli province, whose bodies were carried by the current to the Pendik district. Searches for one more missing person continue, and around 20,000 damage reports have been received.
Aziz KarimovTwo people died in Istanbul as a result of flooding caused by the heaviest rains in the last 84 years — a teenager from an electric shock and a 34-year-old man. Rescuers evacuated 595 people, and more than 46 aircraft were unable to land at the city's airports. The government ordered schools closed, and the metro extended its operation until 2 a.m.
Otabek Yusupov
