Work continues for 2 people caught in the flood at the Istanbul-Kocaeli provincial border

The downpour, which started yesterday evening and increased in intensity at night, turned into a flood in Gebze district of Kocaeli and Göçbeyli District in Pendik, Istanbul.

Underwater Search and Rescue (SAK), AKUT, AFAD, fire brigade and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the region upon the report that two of the 3 people along with a car with license plate 34 HER 50 were lost as a result of the overflow of the Büyük Stream (Göçbeyli Stream), whose flow rate increased due to rain.

One of the people in the car was M.D.E. While he escaped with his own means, D.A. with F.D. got caught up in the current.

M.D.E. was moved to a safe area with the help of people around him. He was taken to hospital by ambulance.

The teams searched 3 different places at the same time on the possibility that the 2 people and the car were swept away by the current.

Since the place where the incident occurred was on the Istanbul-Kocaeli provincial border, fire brigade, gendarmerie, AFAD and volunteer search and rescue teams were dispatched to the region from both provinces.

"The survivor said he got out of the water by holding on to the branch."

Ahmet Özyurt, headman of Kadıllı District of Gebze district, told members of the press that the incident took place between Kadıllı District and Göçbeyli District, and that the teams continued the searches despite the adverse weather conditions.

Stating that the injured survivor is in good condition, Özyurt shared the following information:

"What the slightly injured person told us about the incident is as follows: He said that they broke the window and got out about 100 or 150 meters after being dragged in the water with the car. The survivor said that he got out of the water by holding on to the branch. The flow of the stream is very high. The location of the incident is exactly the border of the two cities. The waters of the stream go to Ömerli Dam. The teams brought a drone and searched, but there is no development so far."

The search for the 2 missing people and the vehicle continues in Gebze Kadıllı District, where the stream extends.

Relatives of the disappeared continue to wait in the region.

While 7 of the searches carried out at 23 points with the participation of a total of 102 personnel have been completed, work is ongoing at 16 points.

"There is a 17-kilometer stream line here too."

On the other hand, Istanbul Governor Davut Gül, after inspecting the debris removal, cleaning and demolition areas in Sarıyer Ayazağa, made a statement to the press about the work carried out to find 2 people who were lost in flood waters between Kadıllı and Göçbeyli Neighborhoods on the Pendik-Gebze border.