Heavy rain warning from Meteorology for 29 cities

According to the latest evaluations made by the General Directorate of Meteorology (MGM), heavy rain will affect most of the country.

As a result of the evaluations, an "orange" coded meteorological warning was issued for Adana, Antalya, Mersin and Muğla according to the risk situation; A "yellow" code warning was issued for Adıyaman, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bingöl, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Hatay, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kocaeli, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Sakarya, Tunceli, Şanlıurfa, Batman, Yalova and Osmaniye.

In the southern and southwestern parts, where the heaviest rainfall will be seen, the showers, which will increase their impact from night hours, are expected to continue until tomorrow morning. It is estimated that the amount of precipitation will be very heavy and sometimes heavy, reaching up to 100 kilograms per square meter, especially in the south and east of Muğla, Antalya city center and eastern districts, Mersin surroundings and west of Adana. In addition to this line, it was reported that there will be heavy showers in the west of Izmir, Aydın, Denizli, Burdur, Isparta and the east of Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay. Attention was drawn to the possibility of tornado formation along the coastline with strong winds.

In the Marmara Region, local heavy showers are expected throughout Istanbul starting tomorrow morning, and in the north and west of Sakarya, Yalova and Bursa after noon. While it is predicted that rainfall will reach very heavy levels throughout Kocaeli; It is estimated that the showers will continue intermittently on Friday in Kocaeli, Sakarya, Yalova and Istanbul's Şile district. In addition, local heavy rains are expected to be effective in the northern and western parts of Çanakkale and Balıkesir starting from the evening hours.

It has been reported that the rains will start at night in the southeastern parts of the country and will continue until tomorrow morning. Rainfall is heavy in Elazığ, Tunceli, Bingöl, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Batman areas, east of Kahramanmaraş and south of Malatya; It was noted that it would be very strong in Adıyaman province in general, in the north of Şanlıurfa and in the north and west districts of Diyarbakır.

Meteorological officials; He stated that with the expected very strong and heavy rains, negativities such as sudden floods, floods, landslides, lightning strikes, local hail, disruptions in transportation and tornadoes in coastal areas may occur, and asked the relevant authorities and citizens to be cautious.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)