Update 11:15 Thirty-two people are known to have died in flash floods in Istanbul and northwestern Turkey Wednesday morning 9 September, and the death toll may climb as waters recede. Heavy rains that began Monday night caused flooding, and 24 of those who died were in the city of Istanbul. Seven of them were textile workers trapped in a shuttlebus that was taking them to a factory and 10 were truck drivers who were asleep in a parking lot. CNN, Huerriyet Daily News
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News story, GenevaLunch, 10 September 2009.
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Tags: deaths, floods, heavy rainfall, Turkey
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