At least eight killed in Turkey floods

Torrential rainfall in Turkey caused severe flooding across the country and was blamed for the deaths of at least eight people in the South-East, local authorities said today.

At least 15 people were reported missing in the South-East. Authorities recovered the bodies of five people in two separate towns in the province of Diyarbakir while three bodies, including those of two children, were recovered in the province of Sirnak.

Heavy rainfall and flooding were also affecting life in Istanbul and in the Mediterranean resort town of Alanya, NTV television reported today.