Search for 2 missing from Trabzon floods continues

Floods hit the northern province on June 21, killing seven people, damaging buildings and fields

By Duygu Avunduk

TRABZON, Turkey (AA) – Rescue teams on Monday continue search operations on the 14th day to find two people washed away in the floods and landslides, in Arakli district of northern Trabzon province on the Black Sea coast.

The floods hit the region on June 21.

A team of 230 rescuers with Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), Search and Rescue Association (AKUT), National Medical Search Team (UMKE), Coast Guard and Gendarmerie Force, are involved in the search.

Additionally, 48 vehicles, 52 caterpillar, one helicopter, are also pressed into the rescue mission.

At least seven people died due to the flash flood in the region. The search for two missing people was earlier suspended due to bad weather.

According to initial reports, eight villages, a total of 150 hectares of tea and hazelnut fields and seven buildings were damaged. The floods also washed away nine cattle.

*Writing by Burak Bir

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