There will be a storm in Istanbul. Warnings came from time to time, district by district.

With the cold air coming from the Balkans, the temperature dropped sharply in a province including Istanbul. The temperature, which rose to 28 degrees at the weekend, dropped to 17 degrees today in Istanbul, and is expected to drop to 14-15 degrees on Friday.

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Disaster Affairs and Risk Management Department AKOM reported that severe storms and heavy rain are expected throughout Istanbul. It is predicted that the intermittent rains seen yesterday will turn into a strong storm, especially starting from 09.00 in the morning today.

According to AKOM's evaluation, cold air coming from the Balkans and rainy systems coming from the Central Mediterranean are expected to be effective in almost all parts of our country, especially in Istanbul.

Accordingly, starting from 09.00 in the morning today, intermittent moves and heavy rain with strong storms between 50-80 kilometers per hour are expected.

Due to the heavy rains that are expected to be seen with the storm until noon tomorrow (13.00), 40-70 kilograms per square meter in Çatalca, Arnavutköy, Eyüpsultan, Sarıyer, Başakşehir, Esenyurt, Büyükçekmece districts of the European Side and Maltepe, Kartal, Sultanbeyli, Pendik, Tuzla and Şile districts of the Anatolian Side, and 20-40 kilograms in other places. It is estimated that precipitation may be observed.

A warning for today came from the Governorship of Istanbul. The Governorate stated that the rains are expected to continue, at times heavy, and at times very heavy, in the Çatalca, Arnavutköy, Silivri, Büyükçekmece, Eyüp, Esenyurt, Beylikdüzü, Avcılar and Başakşehir districts of the European Side, starting from the morning hours.

Tomorrow, it is expected to be strong in places in Pendik, Tuzla and Şile in the east of the Anatolian Side in the early hours of the morning.

It is estimated that intermittent rain will continue until Saturday afternoon.

Today, the General Directorate of Meteorology issued a yellow-coded heavy rain and storm warning for the provinces of Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Denizli, Edirne, Isparta, Istanbul, İzmir, Kırklareli, Manisa, Muğla and Tekirdağ, while an orange-coded storm warning was issued for Kocaeli, Sakarya and Yalova.

Citizens were asked to be careful and cautious against negativities such as floods, floods, lightning, strong winds and transportation disruptions.