“Rescue efforts underway to find missing people in northern province of Trabzon”

 

İnterior Minister Süleyman Soylu made statement to reporters at province of Trabzon.

A flash flood claimed at least four lives in Turkey’s Black Sea region, the interior minister said on Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters about the flood in Arakli in the Trabzon province, Suleyman Soylu said rescue teams are trying to reach at least six other people.

"Search and rescue teams of 280, including Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), Search and Rescue Association (AKUT), and gendarmerie forces are searching the region," Soylu added.

The flood demolished seven buildings, he added.