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Cleanup continues in Rize areas hit by flooding and landslides
Cleanup, debris removal and damage assessment efforts are under way in areas of Rize’s İyidere district affected by flooding and landslides after heavy rain on the night of September 18. Initial assessments found that 12 vehicles and 21 businesses were damaged, while the Rize Provincial Health Directorate warned residents about using drinking water.
Cleanup, debris removal and damage assessment efforts continue in areas of Rize’s İyidere district affected by flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain.
The municipalities of Rize and İyidere, the Provincial Special Administration and the State Hydraulic Works are carrying out operations with heavy machinery at various locations across the district. While removing debris, teams are also clearing roads and surrounding areas.
Teams from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency and the Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change are also continuing damage assessment efforts in the area.
Efforts began after the rainfall
İyidere Mayor Saffet Mete said that rainfall that began in Trabzon on the night of September 18 started affecting İyidere after midnight. Mete said teams launched an intensive operation after the rainfall, with institutions, municipalities, personnel, and neighborhood and village heads working together to ensure that no area remained inaccessible.
Mete said the scale of the incident became clearer as teams reached the affected areas, adding that cleanup and road-clearing efforts began immediately. He said debris removal on service roads that had previously been partially reopened to traffic was expanded, and that a commission had been formed to assess the losses suffered by businesses in central İyidere and Hazar neighborhood.
One house slid, seven evacuated as a precaution
One vacant house slid in Yapraklar neighborhood because of the landslide, while seven houses had previously been evacuated as a precaution. Mete said there had been no fatalities in the district and that initial assessments found damage to 12 vehicles and 21 businesses.
Municipal teams will assess damage at the neighborhood and village level after completing debris removal. The damage will be examined on site and documented in reports, while efforts to address residents’ losses will continue.
Drinking water warning
The Rize Provincial Health Directorate warned residents not to consume water from unprotected sources or water of unknown origin. It said that, in necessary cases, such water could be boiled and cooled before being used as drinking water.
The warning called for greater caution when using drinking water during days of heavy rainfall and for five to seven days after the rainfall ends.
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