A huge search and rescue operation is underway in northern Turkey after lightning floods along the shores of the Black Sea killed at least 27 people.
Kastamonu Province is the worst-hit area, accounting for 25 of the deaths. Two others died at Sinop on the coast.
The floods collapsed some buildings, destroyed some bridges, blocked some roads with destroyed cars and cut off power supply.
This month, Turkey also had to fight huge forest fires in the south.
The fires – which are now under control – have forced thousands of residents and tourists to flee Marmaris and the surrounding area. Eight people died and more than 100,000 hectares (247,000 hectares) of vegetation were destroyed.
In the flooded area near the Black Sea, helicopters picked up several people from roofs; others were rescued by boat.
More than 1,700 people have been evacuated, and as many as 330 villages are now without power after the floods damaged power lines.
Turkey’s latest news came last week that a major UN report warned of more extreme weather events due to human-induced global warming. Flash floods and severe heat waves are affecting much of Europe this summer.
Mountain areas along Turkey’s Black Sea coast are prone to flooding in the summer.
But Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said during a visit to the region on Thursday “this is the worst flood disaster I have seen”.
In neighboring Greece, authorities say that widespread forest fires are more controllable now because used rain has come in the last 48 hours.