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The shower, which started in the morning in Istanbul, increased its effect in the following hours and concentrated in Sarıyer Ayazağa.
The shower, which started in the morning hours in Istanbul and increased its effect in the following hours, negatively affected life in Sarıyer Ayazağa.
An IETT bus and some vehicles were stranded due to water accumulated in the streets during the rain.
While buses and vehicles were dragged away by the water, the citizens in the vehicles had a difficult time.
THEY CLIMBED ON THE VEHICLES AND WAITED TO BE RESCUE
Citizens who were stranded as the puddles rose stood on the IETT bus and vehicles and waited to be rescued.
The difficult moments of the citizens were recorded by the surrounding people with their mobile phone cameras. In the footage, it was seen that the vehicles were being dragged by the water and citizens were waiting on top of the vehicles.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality will start drainage works in the Ayazağa region.
Likely · Within weeks
One of the highest rainfall amounts of recent years was recorded in Istanbul; While 242 kilograms of precipitation per square meter fell in Beykoz, a total of 6 thousand 937 notices were received by IMM and citizens were advised to avoid using private vehicles.

The heavy rain in Istanbul blocked a strip of the TEM Kartal-Samandıra connection road in Kartal with soil and mud. This situation caused difficulties for drivers and caused traffic congestion in the region. The incident was recorded with a mobile phone camera.

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum announced the disaster in Istanbul on social media and stated that the provincial directorate teams started damage assessment studies. He announced that the General Directorate of Meteorology gave a yellow warning for tomorrow in Istanbul and 42 provinces around it, and an orange warning in Bursa, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Yalova, Zonguldak and Düzce, and asked citizens to follow the warnings.

Due to the heavy rain in Istanbul, a street in Sarıyer district turned into a lake. A person who lost his balance and fell into the water during the current that was dragging vehicles in Ayazağa District was rescued by swimming and the incident was recorded with a mobile phone camera.
According to the Governorship statement, due to the heavy rainfall in Istanbul since the morning hours, a crisis desk was established at AFAD Istanbul Regional Directorate, and intervention efforts were carried out with 8 thousand personnel and 2 thousand vehicles; A total of 2 thousand 518 reports were received by AFAD and 112 Emergency Call Center between 06.00-20.00 on October 14, 2026, the highest rainfall was measured as 193.84 kilograms per square meter in Beykoz-Ömerli, and no road closures or airport cancellations were reported.
The heavy downpour in Istanbul caused flooding in many districts, filling roads, underpasses and tunnels with water. Vehicles were stranded, trips were canceled on some transportation lines, and damage such as overflows and falling trees were reported.