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Due to heavy rain in Sultangazi, the roads were filled with water and the Selçuklu Boulevard underpass in the Cebeci neighborhood was flooded.
In Sultangazi, the roads were filled with water due to heavy rain. The underpass on Selçuklu Boulevard in Sultangazi Cebeci neighborhood was flooded. Fire crews rescued a vehicle that was trying to proceed in the underpass and got stuck.
NTV Reporter Deniz Tüysüz, who reported the latest situation from the scene, stated that when three vehicles were stranded, the teams that intervened in the incident rescued one vehicle and intervened the stranded ones and added the following:
"There is no one trapped right now. Teams are evacuating the water in the area. There are two vehicles, work is being carried out for them.
"IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY, I THOUGHT I COULD PASS"
-We asked the stranded citizen, 'Why did you enter the underpass even though there was danger?' He said to us, 'It happened suddenly, I didn't understand anything. I thought I could pass.' he said.
-There is danger especially in underpasses. If there is a problem with the infrastructure, you may suddenly find yourself in water.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Fire crews will drain the water from the area and complete work on the two remaining vehicles.
Very likely · Within hours

Due to heavy rain throughout Istanbul, AFAD Istanbul Regional Directorate established a crisis desk. Rain has been effective since the morning hours, and as of 20:00, intervention efforts continue with 8 thousand personnel and 2 thousand vehicles. A total of 2,518 notifications were received by AFAD and 112 Emergency Call Center between 06.00-20.00 on 14 October 2026. The most reports were about floods (1,277) and housing damage (808). 193.84 kg/m2 rainfall was measured in Beykoz-Ömerli and 124.72 kg/m2 rainfall was measured in Sarıyer-İTÜ Maslak. There are no road closures or airport cancellations. Due to the rain, personnel in residential social service institutions for children, the elderly and the disabled were excluded from the scope of administrative leave.

Based on the data of the General Directorate of Meteorology, Istanbul Governorship announced that a crisis desk was established at AFAD Istanbul Regional Directorate due to the rain that started in the morning. Intervention efforts continued with 8 thousand personnel, 2 thousand vehicles and work machines. The highest rainfall was measured in Beykoz-Ömerli, with 193.84 kilograms per square meter. Thousands of floods, landslides and strandings were reported.

Istanbul Governorship announced that on Thursday, October 15, due to the risk of heavy rain and showers, there was a one-day break in face-to-face education in all educational institutions, applied administrative leave for disabled, pregnant, Veteran and female staff with young children, and banned motorcycles from traffic as of 21:00.

Istanbul Governorship announced that it will take a one-day break in face-to-face education in all educational institutions on Thursday, October 15 due to the risk of heavy rain and showers, that disabled, pregnant, Veteran, Invalid Veteran and female staff with children under 8 years old will use administrative leave, and that it will ban motorcycles and two-wheelers from entering the traffic starting from 21:00 on Wednesday, October 14. Citizens were asked to stay home unless necessary.

The heavy rain that started in the morning hours in Istanbul caused floods and traffic congestion. Puddles formed at the metro stations in Esenler, Zincirlikuyu and Topkapı, streets and avenues were flooded in Sarıyer and Kağıthane, and the Alibey Stream in Arnavutköy overflowed and flooded the school garden. According to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality data, traffic density increased to 89 percent, 378 emergency medical teams and 5 UMKE teams served in the field.

Due to the heavy rain that started in the morning in Istanbul, the overflow of the Alibey Stream in Boğazköy and the puddles throughout the city, schoolyards, metro stations, underpasses and shopping center parking lots were flooded. Sea water hit the shore in Sarıyer and vehicles, roads and transportation systems were affected, causing difficulties for drivers.