{"id":7754,"date":"2026-10-15T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7954615\/heavy-rain-shuts-down-istanbul-causing-flooding-and-2-deaths\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:45:11","slug":"heavy-rain-shuts-down-istanbul-causing-flooding-and-2-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7754\/heavy-rain-shuts-down-istanbul-causing-flooding-and-2-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain shuts down Istanbul, causing flooding and 2 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL (AP) \u2014 A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least two people. Rescuers worked overnight to save hundreds of people stranded at their workplaces, while bystanders helped countless others. <\/p>\n

The downpour Wednesday night flooded homes and businesses and inundated roads and underpasses, stranding vehicles and causing traffic chaos in Turkey\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n

Local media reported two deaths. A 14-year-old was electrocuted after stepping in a puddle at a park in the Fatih district, and a 34-year-old slipped on a sidewalk in the Sariyer district and hit their head.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain was still falling Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality said some areas had the highest amount of rain since 1985.<\/p>\n

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Commuters arrive to the Kabatas ferry terminal during a rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The governor\u2019s office said education would be suspended Thursday and some state employees would be placed on leave. It advised residents to stay home unless travel was absolutely necessary and for people living in basement apartments to spend the night elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Motorcycles, meanwhile, were barred from traffic.<\/p>\n

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A car lies toppled in the aftermath of floods caused by heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Emrah Gurel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vehicles drive along a partially flooded road during a heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Omer Hamza Yildiz\/DIA Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vehicles drive along a partially flooded road during a heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Omer Hamza Yildiz\/DIA Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL (AP) \u2014 A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least two people. Rescuers worked overnight to save hundreds of people stranded at their workplaces, while bystanders helped countless others. The downpour Wednesday night flooded homes and businesses and inundated roads and underpasses, stranding vehicles and causing traffic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":7755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"b69bcfc0-fbed-4e3b-ad80-f188669fb22b","source":"The Associated Press","byline":"","published":"2026-10-15 00:08:14","updated":"2026-10-15 03:33:41","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1303,1304],"tags":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-7754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7754\/heavy-rain-shuts-down-istanbul-causing-flooding-and-2-deaths\/","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Heavy rain shuts down Istanbul, causing flooding and 2 deaths","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7754\/heavy-rain-shuts-down-istanbul-causing-flooding-and-2-deaths\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/7754\/heavy-rain-shuts-down-istanbul-causing-flooding-and-2-deaths\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-1775c297c635102bdd5850507a21bd670656af12db5c32f1d2b6c16706ffd4b2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-1775c297c635102bdd5850507a21bd670656af12db5c32f1d2b6c16706ffd4b2.jpg"},"articleSection":"International","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Associated Press"}],"creator":["The Associated Press"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-10-15T07:08:14Z","datePublished":"2026-10-15T07:08:14Z","dateModified":"2026-10-15T10:45:11Z"},"rendered":"