OREANDA-NEWS  The heaviest rains in the last 40 years have flooded streets and houses in Istanbul. The Telegram channel "Careful, news" wrote about the bad weather in the Turkish city.

Heavy rain hit Istanbul on Wednesday, October 14, and lasted all night. In some areas, more than 240 millimeters of precipitation fell, one of the highest since 1985. About 1,277 cases of flooding, 15 landslides and more than 2.5 thousand calls to emergency services were recorded.

Footage from Istanbul has appeared on the web, where you can see how streams of water carry away cars, flood streets and underpasses. In the Saryer area, about 200 people were trapped at work, they had to be evacuated by boats and construction equipment. Bad weather claimed the lives of two citizens, one of whom was a 14-year-old teenager. The boy stepped on a puddle in the park and received an electric shock. Classes in all schools have been canceled.

According to forecasts, heavy precipitation may continue.

Earlier it was reported that the Khabarovsk Territory was covered by a heavy snowfall. Approximately 40 centimeters of precipitation fell in the region. Locals have to use shovels to get out of the house.