Last minute... Meteorology latest weather report: Rain will increase in intensity in Istanbul

The showers started to be effective in Istanbul in the morning hours. After the rain, which increased in intensity in many districts of the city, drivers had difficulty moving through traffic.

Following the warnings made by the General Directorate of Meteorology, showers began to be effective in Istanbul in the morning hours. While heavy rain was effective in many districts of the city, drivers in traffic also had a difficult time.

ROADS TURNED INTO LAKES

With heavy rain, the roads turned into lakes. Vehicles moving in traffic had difficulty moving on water-filled roads. Rain continues to affect the city.

TRAFFIC LOCK

With the rain, traffic density in Istanbul increased to 74 percent as of 08:00.

CONSECUTIVE WARNINGS

There has been showers almost every day this week. A storm with increasing rainfall is expected in Istanbul today. AKOM and Istanbul Governorship gave timetables and warned 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.

RAINFALL BETWEEN 40-70 KILOGRAMS PER SQUARE METER

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.

ISTANBUL GOVERNORSHIP ALSO WARNED DISTRICT BY DISTRICT

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.

YELLOW AND ORANGE CODE WARNING FOR 18 PROVINCES

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.

According to the statement made by the General Directorate of Meteorology, after noon, very strong showers and thunderstorms are expected in Bursa, locally in Yalova, Kocaeli and Sakarya.

It is necessary to be careful and cautious against negativities such as floods, floods, lightning, landslides, strong winds with rain, and disruptions in transportation.

WEATHER BY REGION

Rain is heavy in Ankara today, heavy rain in Izmir will slow down in the afternoon. There is a flood danger for Antalya, especially a tornado may occur between Manavgat and Gazipaşa. Istanbul 18 degrees, Ankara and Antalya 21 degrees, Izmir 22 degrees, Bursa rainy 19 degrees.

In Marmara, Çanakkale, Ayvalık, Balıkesir and Thrace, both rain and north wind are heavy, Edirne is 14 degrees and Sakarya is 22 degrees.

In Central Anatolia, today the rainfall is heavy in the Konya, Aksaray and Niğde regions, in a wide area on Thursday, Konya is 18 degrees, Eskişehir is 20 degrees.

The rain, which is falling very heavily with thunder throughout Aydın, Bodrum, Marmaris and Muğla in the Aegean, will slow down towards the evening today. Be careful when dealing with floods, hail and tornadoes.

There is a danger of heavy rain, floods and hail in the Mediterranean today in Mersin, Isparta, Burdur, and throughout the Adana section on Thursday. Precautions should also be taken in this region.

In the Black Sea, rainfall will be heavy in Amasya, Çorum, Sinop this evening, and in the entire western Black Sea line on Thursday. Trabzon 26 degrees, Samsun 24 degrees, Rize 25 degrees.

Partial showers in the East and Southeast will intensify on Thursday. Erzurum 17 degrees, Malatya 18 degrees, Şanlıurfa 28 degrees, Diyarbakır 26 degrees.