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The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
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Dangerous Raining Weather in Turkey
Posted by Troy on September 13, 2009
The world’s climate has changed, becoming warmer and very often we even don’t surprise now reading or hearing bad news about more and more climate’s anomalies happening in the world. So, right now it is heavy rains in Turkey that already killed 6 people and left swaths of lands in northwestern of the country. It’s reported that rains began late Monday and being not stopped till now washed away one bridge and inundated hundreds of homes in the Saray region. Dozens of farm animals were swept away by gushing waters.
According to television footage, police and military helicopters were sent to rescue people confined to their homes. Dozens of cars were also swept away. A fire truck could be seen lying on its side.
Two international highways linking Istanbul to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria were closed temporarily, Anatolia reported.
On Monday, a Cambodia-flagged freighter broke into two and sank in heavy storms off the coast of Istanbul. All 12 crew members were rescued.
More rain was forecast for the area Wednesday.
