Prof. Dr. Frightening warning from Orhan Şen on live broadcast: There are other dangers tonight!

Storm, showers and floods hit Istanbul. Life stopped in Istanbul. So, will this rain continue? How long will it take? CNN Türk Meteorology Expert Prof. Dr. Orhan Şen made critical warnings to citizens on live broadcast.

Here are the highlights from those statements:

WILL THE RAIN CONTINUE?

These incidents took place in the places that we have always said on CNN Türk and Kanal D for the last 3-4 days, and that we have stated by making accurate predictions. I can't watch it right now because my TV is turned off due to this rain. But there is also a very bad weather in Şile. I was in Ataşehir, there is a very bad weather in Ataşehir. This rain will continue tonight. It even continues at this intensity until 11-12.

WHERE WILL IT BE EFFECTIVE?

Around the Bosphorus, around the Bosphorus. In fact, let's go around the Bosphorus towards Eyüpsultan on the European Side. Let's buy such a canal in Çekmeköy and Ataşehir on the Anatolian Side. Rainfall is still getting stronger in this region. There was thunder and lightning. It has so much energy that this system needs to drain this energy, it is draining this energy right now.

“THIS IS A BAD RAIN”

But this is not a nice rain. This rain is a bad rain. When I say bad rain, I don't mean water as a substance; It causes floods, cars remain on the roads, and causes material and moral damage. Therefore, we were always saying in the broadcasts we made together with you that these floods brought; We will see a lot of these rains this year. More will come, for example we will see it in Bursa tomorrow.

"THERE IS A VERY HIGH RAINFALL"

200 kilograms of rain fell per square meter. This is a huge amount. So, if we consider that the total annual rainfall of Istanbul is 650-700 kilograms, in a day or 24 hours, almost 12 hours of rain fell, 200 kilograms of precipitation fell on Eyüpsultan in 18 hours, 150 kilograms on Sarıyer, 200 kilograms on Beykoz. This is a very high rainfall.

“THERE ARE OTHER DANGERS TOO TONIGHT”

It will continue tonight, but there are other dangers tonight, let's say that in advance. For example, the soil started to become saturated with water. It has started to become saturated, which may cause landslides and collapses. That's why houses on such a sloping land need to be very careful or pay close attention to retaining walls. The soil is now very loose, imagine absorbing this much water. A soil absorbs 200 kilograms of water and this water now reaches down to the impermeable layer below and lubricates the clay layer there.

BE CAREFUL TOMORROW MORNING!

This rain will continue tonight, it will ease tomorrow, but there will be floods tomorrow and in the morning. That's why we will have to pay close attention to the morning hours. As the rain decreases, nothing will happen, I'm talking about tomorrow.

“STAY AWAY FROM TREES”

The roots of the trees became soft due to the storm. These trees may also fall down during a storm. That's why let's stay away from trees. Looks like Istanbul will be a bit troubled tonight.