Important statements from Minister Kurum about the flood disaster in Istanbul: There will be no single victim left

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum: 273 kilograms of precipitation fell per square meter. In 39 districts that experienced flood disasters, our fire brigade and municipalities provide hot soup and assistance to our citizens at 14 different points with 110 vehicles. Of course, in this context, 48 landslides occurred and 53 retaining walls in 39 districts collapsed due to this excessive rainfall.

In this context, 9,755 reports came to this coordination center and our units responded immediately to 7,800 of them. Whatever our citizens requested or needed there, our state quickly fulfilled these demands. On the other hand, of course, rapid damage assessment, that is, any damage to our citizens' property or our farmers' product damage, is quickly determined by the relevant directorates and units under the coordination of AFAD.

DAMAGE DETECTED TO 300 WORKPLACES IN AYAZAĞA

Within the scope of the findings made so far, 300 workplace damage and 200 vehicle damage have been detected only in Ayazağa. We aim to complete the damage assessment by the weekend. As a result of the damage assessments made in this context, our state will provide all kinds of support regarding the property damage of our citizens, that is, the damage to their homes and the damage to the buildings, within the framework of the instructions of our President. May our nation be relieved at this point. 109 of our animals perished. Our Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be providing assistance to our farmers regarding their perished animals. Again, I would like to express here that we will meet the needs of our farmers regarding greenhouse tents, feed and hay, etc., under the coordination of our governor. On the other hand, there are power outages. At this point, there is a power outage for approximately 40 thousand of our citizens. Approximately 10 thousand of them are on the Anatolian Side and 30 thousand are on the European Side. We are doing this as a precaution here too. There are approximately 9 thousand flood reports and our teams respond quickly to all of these reports.

LATEST SITUATION IN KOCAELİ AND SAKARYA

On the other hand, heavy rains also affected Kocaeli and Sakarya, and water currents occurred in these two provinces. Approximately 140 kilograms of precipitation per square meter fell in Sakarya. A house was destroyed, a bridge collapsed, and there are floods and stream floods, especially in Başiskele and Kartepe districts. Again, in these two cities, our municipalities, all our teams, and our state support our nation on the field under the coordination of our governors.

On the other hand, there are power outages. At this point, there is a power outage for approximately 40 thousand of our citizens. Approximately 10 thousand of them are on the Anatolian Side and 30 thousand are on the European Side. We are doing this as a precaution here too.

There are approximately 9 thousand flood reports and our teams respond quickly to all of these reports. In other words, we will intervene quickly with the tools we want, both in our city and from outside the city, under the coordination of our governor, our Ministry of Internal Affairs and AFAD. Tomorrow, on Saturday at the latest, we will show that will together to repair this damage in all raids.