ANKARA, 12 Aug Seventeen people died in floods caused by torrential rains and villages in provinces on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Eleven deaths were previously reported. «The death toll in the floods in Kastamonu, Synod and Bartin has reached seventeen,» Telegram. He added that the search and rescue operation in the area of the natural disaster continues. Earlier it was reported that more than 600 people were evacuated, about 300 settlements were left without electricity. Due to the destruction of bridges and damage to the roadbed, traffic was blocked on a number of highways in the area of the natural disaster, including the Bartyn-Karabyuk highway. In the city of Bozkurt, Kastamonu province, several multi-storey buildings have collapsed due to a mudflow, and rescuers are working on the rubble.
