Turkey: orange alert issued for Muğla and yellow alert for 18 provinces over heavy rain and storms
Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change has issued an orange alert for Muğla province and a yellow alert for 18 provinces due to heavy rain and strong winds.
Gurban Gurbanzadeh1 min read
Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change has issued weather warnings for tomorrow. An orange alert has been issued for Muğla province due to heavy and very heavy rain, and a yellow alert for 18 provinces, including Izmir and Antalya.
As the ministry reported in its account on social media, according to the latest assessments of the General Directorate of Meteorology, heavy and very heavy rain is expected tomorrow in Muğla, Izmir and Antalya.
The orange alert applies to the Muğla districts of Bodrum, Dalaman, Datça, Fethiye, Köyceğiz, Marmaris, Ortaca, Seydikemer and Ula. The yellow alert has been issued for the provinces of Adana, Antalya, Aydın, Batman, Bingöl, Burdur, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Isparta, Izmir, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Mardin, Mersin, Şanlıurfa and Tunceli.
The ministry has called on citizens to take precautions due to the risk of landslides, flooding, landslips, lightning, hail and waterspouts, and to follow current warnings.
Source: cnnturk.com
