Turkey: tornado kills at least four workers at Antalya construction site
At least four workers died when a tornado struck a construction site in Antalya, overturning accommodation cabins and a tower crane. Heavy rain also flooded roads in Istanbul.
Four construction workers were killed and a fifth injured when a sudden tornado struck a building site in Antalya, southern Turkey , late on Monday. The violent winds hurled two accommodation containers into the air and brought down a tower crane .
Two workers died at the scene and two others in hospital , according to the governor's office. The falling crane caused no casualties .
Governor Hulusi Şahin described the tornado, which struck the Kepez district , as "an exceptionally localised phenomenon" . No similar weather was reported elsewhere in the city.
The same weather system brought torrential downpours to Istanbul , flooding streets in Pendik and Tuzla . Passers-by rescued a father and daughter trapped in their car at the submerged Kaynarca underpass, while the D-100 highway was closed .
The flooding came just 12 days after record rainfall around Istanbul on 14 October killed eight people .
