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Old September 9th 09, 08:16 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Keith(Southend) Keith(Southend) is offline
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Default OT - Severe flooding in Istanbul afer heavy rain

Joseph Hunt wrote:
Colin Youngs wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNqa7MoMhI&FMT=18

Link posted by a member of the Belgian (Flemish) weather forum

Colin Youngs
Brussels


Colin

This is remarkable. I was in Istanbul last Tuesday/Wednesday and really
enjoyed the pleasant late summer weather. In fact as we took off I
commented to my colleague how parched the land looked surrounding the
airport. How things can change in a matter of days.

Joe
--
Doha, Qatar


Wettest Turkish locations in past 24 hours was:
17115 Bandirma(42m) 182.6 mm
followed by:
17060 ISTANBUL(33m) 56.6 mm
17056 Tekirdag(3m) 31.0 mm
All Turkey.

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Keith (Southend)
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