Heavy rain in Sakarya: Stream overflows, 48 stranded people evacuated

Some roads were closed to traffic in Türkiye’s Sakarya province due to heavy rain. Forty-eight people stranded when the Kanlıçay Stream overflowed in Karapürçek were evacuated, and firefighters rescued a couple trapped in their home in the Aziziye neighborhood.

Heavy rain that began Wednesday evening continued to affect parts of Sakarya province. In the Kanlıçay neighborhood of Karapürçek district, 48 people stranded after the Kanlıçay Stream overflowed were evacuated by gendarmerie and IHH Search and Rescue teams.

A couple trapped in their home by floodwaters in the Aziziye neighborhood was also rescued by firefighters.

Roads closed to traffic

The shore of Lake Sapanca (file photo)

The Adapazarı-bound section of the D-650 highway between the Tuzla and Limandere neighborhoods of Karasu district was closed, with gendarmerie and police diverting drivers to alternative routes. Traffic was also cut at the Kepekli Bridge on the Akyazı–Karapürçek road and at the Yağcılar Bridge on the Altındere–Akyazı road.

In Sapanca, some bungalows were submerged as streams overflowed. The provincial gendarmerie command said one of the illegal bungalow facilities identified during a field survey on Oct. 9 was flooded. Schools in Sakarya were also closed on Friday due to an orange-level warning.