Tornado Kills Four Workers at a Construction Site in Turkey's Antalya, as Heavy Rain Floods Istanbul
Four construction workers have been killed and a fifth injured when a sudden tornado struck a building site in Antalya, in southern Turkey. The incident happened late on Monday.
The violent winds hurled two accommodation containers into the air and brought down a tower crane.
According to the governor's office, two workers died at the scene and two others died in hospital. The falling crane caused no casualties.
Governor Hulusi Sahin described the tornado, which struck the Kepez district, as 'an exceptionally localised phenomenon'. No similar weather was reported elsewhere in the city.
The same weather system brought torrential downpours to Istanbul, flooding streets in Pendik and Tuzla.
Passers-by rescued a father and daughter trapped in their car at the submerged Kaynarca underpass, while the D-100 highway was closed.
The flooding came just 12 days after record rainfall around Istanbul on 14 October killed eight people.
