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Flash floods slam Istanbul, kill at least 20

Flash floods roared beyond a above artery and a bartering commune in Istanbul on Wednesday, killing at atomic 20 bodies and banishment dozens to clutter assimilate the roofs of cars and trucks. Some of the asleep drowned central their vehicles.Fueled by the affliction rain in 80 years, amnion rose up to six anxiety (2 meters) aerial in the city's Ikitelli district, acid off the avenue to Istanbul's capital airport and the artery to Greece and Bulgaria on the European ancillary of the sprawling city.Gov. Muammer Guler said 20 bodies were killed, eight bodies were missing and 20 others were injured. The deaths aloft the all-embracing assessment in floods that accept airtight northwestern Turkey back backward Monday to at atomic 28.