International Desk: Floods caused by torrential rains hit two Turkish provinces that were devastated by last month\u2019s catastrophic earthquake, killing at least 14 people and increasing the misery for thousands who were left homeless, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said rescue teams were still searching for five people reported missing in three locations, after the flash floods turned streets in Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces into rivers, swept away cars, inundated homes and drenched campsites sheltering earthquake survivors, reports The Associated Press. <\/p>\n
At least 12 people were killed in Sanliurfa, including five Syrian nationals whose bodies were found inside a flooded basement apartment and two other people who died inside a van that was trapped at an underpass.<\/p>\n
In Adiyaman, two people drowned after surging waters swept away a container home sheltering a family of earthquake survivors.<\/p>\n
Television footage from Sanliurfa showed flood waters surging along a street and sweeping away cars and debris. Rescuers, using a rope, were seen lifting a man to safety from the inundated underpass. Elsewhere, another person was pulled out of the floodwaters by people who dangled a twisted sheet from the window of a building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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