Floods and Floods in Giresun: Two Missing People Are Searched for

While more than 100 kilograms of precipitation fell per square meter, floods and floods occurred in Keşap, Espiye and Yağlıdere districts. Many houses, workplaces and vehicles were damaged when some streams overflowed. Ahmet Yılmaz (50), who was in the vehicle that was caught in the flood while driving in Keşap, escaped by his own means, while Mehmet Akkaya (45) and his nephew Muhammed Abdullah Hakkıoğlu (16) disappeared. The vehicle, which was dragged in the water for kilometers, was found in Keşap Creek. However, no trace of the uncle and nephew could be found in the vehicle, which turned into a scrap heap.

WORKS HAVE STARTED AGAIN

The search for Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Mehmet Akkaya and his nephew, 12th grade student Muhammed Abdullah Hakkıoğlu, at Sayca Imam Hatip Secondary School, started again in the early hours of yesterday morning. In search efforts, AFAD and AFAD volunteers; A team of approximately a thousand people, including Police Search and Rescue (PAK), Gendarmerie Search and Rescue (JAK), UMKE, IHH Search and Rescue, AKUT, ATAK, fire brigade, underwater search and rescue, Special Provincial Administration and municipality, took part. Continuing their control with skewers along the 8-kilometer line along the stream route, the teams intensified their search efforts with the help of a 'thermal drone' device.

400 VEHICLES PARTICIPATED

Giresun Governor Mustafa Koç said, "I can say that we survived the flood cheaply, considering the severity of the flood. Our search and rescue and infrastructure work continues with nearly 400 vehicles and nearly a thousand personnel, together with all our search teams."

Stating that damage assessment studies were carried out, Governor Koç said that a damage of 26 million lira was detected.