Flash floods hit Istanbul, killing 20
Posted: September 10, 2009 at 5:39 a.m.
The heaviest rainfall in at least eight decades sent flash floods barreling across a major highway and into busy business districts in Turkey's largest city Wednesday, trapping factory workers and truck drivers in their vehicles and drowning at least 20 people.
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