"""the death toll from floods in turkey's black sea province of giresun rose to five, the country's president said sunday, aug. 23. """"according to... - destruction stock videos & royalty-free footage"""
{"Image ImageDescription": "GIRESUN, TURKEY - AUGUST 23: The death toll from floods in Turkey's Black Sea province of Giresun rose to five, the country's president said Sunday, Aug. 23.\n\n\"According to initial reports, there were five loss of lives and the number of the injured was as many as 12 due to the heavy floods,\" said Recep Tayyip Erdogan.\n\nRescue operations are underway, he said, with nearly 150 saved from the deluge so far.\n\nErdogan also offered condolences to families of those who lost their lives in floods.\n\nThose who lost their lives included a gendarmerie officer.\n\nInterior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 11 people were reported missing in northern province of Giresun.\n\nLater in the day, Soylu said the roads to 118 villages had been closed, with 20 having been reopened so far. Also, power had been restored to a total of 40 residential areas out of 78 where there had been outages due to the floods.\n\nA total of 944 personnel had been deployed in the rescue efforts, he added.\n\nEarlier, Soylu, who arrived at the scene, said five gendarmerie officers and an excavator operator went missing after a 5-meter (16-foot) high culvert collapsed due to floods in the region.\n\nThe floodwaters demolished 17 buildings and slightly damaged 361, said Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum in a press briefing at the scene.\n\nFor his part, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said damage assessments were underway and that farmland had suffered less damage than initially estimated.\n\nEfforts continued to rescue people at a wedding hall in Dereli district and guests were being taken to a safe place. (Footage by ?lyas G?n/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2020 Anadolu Agency"}