The Washington Post reports on recent flooding in Turkey (video in original report):

A half hour of incredible rainfall led to violent flooding in the city streets of Izmir, Turkey on Wednesday.

Heavy rain and hail fell on the high elevations of eastern Turkey starting in the mid-afternoon. “Meanwhile, social media users circulated striking photographs on the Internet showing the gravity of the situation,” reports the Istanbul-based Cihan News Agency. Cihan also reports that a man who was swept away by the flood water managed to survive after being dragged a quarter of a mile downstream. CNNturk.com has photos of the man as he was carried away.

Apparently this area of Izmir is prone to flooding, and the administrator of the Trakya neighborhood has asked the municipality for storm gutters to no avail.

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