Torrential rains caused flooding in Şanlıurfa. While the intensive care unit of Eyyübiye Training and Research Hospital was flooded, education was suspended for one day in schools. While Balıklıgöl, the symbol of the city, overflowed, many houses and vehicles were submerged. It is stated that 6 people, including the firefighter team and those who tried to move under the bridged Abide Junction in the city center, were caught in the flood waters, while divers are doing search and rescue work in the region.
The torrential rain waters that affected Şanlıurfa caused floods in many districts. Planted areas and many homes and businesses were flooded. The emergency department of Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital was flooded, the patients were moved to the upper floors. In the statement made by the Governor's Office, it was warned that the rains would continue tomorrow and the training was suspended for 1 day.
While similar scenes are experienced in certain districts of the city in every heavy rain, Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality and district municipalities are trying to catch up with the notices from the citizens. Citizens who were aggrieved in places where the teams could not reach, carried out the water evacuation in the flooded houses and workplaces with their own means, and demanded that the authorities do the necessary work in the troubled areas urgently.
On the other hand, the traffic flow was stopped by the traffic teams for a while due to the water accumulated in the İpekyolu Piazza junction, Devteşiti neighborhood, Ahmet Yesevi neighborhood and Akçakale street. After the municipal teams evacuated the water, the traffic flow returned to normal. On the streets in the city center, when the clogged manholes could not drain the water, the streets were flooded. Many vehicles trying to move through the rising puddles were stranded on the road.
EXPLANATION FROM THE GOVERNOR
Şanlıurfa Governor Salih Ayhan stated that the intensive care unit of Eyyübiye Training and Research Hospital was flooded due to the heavy downpour in the city and said, “It was displaced by rapid intervention. And now the basements are being cleaned. We had 25 patients there, each of them was transferred to other hospitals in a healthy way, there is no negativity at the moment.” said.