By Seda Sevencan
ISTANBUL (AA) – This week’s flooding in Turkey’s Black Sea region has claimed at least four lives, and at least one person is missing, officials said Thursday.
Floods due to heavy rains hit the northern Black Sea region on Wednesday, leaving four people dead in the Kastamonu province and one missing in the Bartin province, said the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
Rescue and relief teams have been deployed to flood-hit areas, and the search for the missing is ongoing, according to officials.