(12 Sep 2009) SHOTLIST
AP Television
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of flooded street as car drives past entering Kumbag village
2. Various of people gathered on balcony above the flooded street
3. Bulldozer being driven to help evacuate the victims of the floods
4. Military vehicle on route to help evacuate the victims of the floods
5. Tilt down of flooded house
6. Emergency services vehicle passes security checkpoint
7. Rescued victims of the floods seated on top of the military vehicle
8. Elderly man passing baby to another male on the ground, while seated on top of the military vehicle
9. Flood victims, Ceyda Bayindir and Ergul Kararmis trying to get off the armoured vehicle
10. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ceyda Bayindir, flood victim:
Water filled my house suddenly. Most likely they (officials) opened the dam water gates. There is no water on the second floor but the ground floor and the first floor are totally destroyed."
11. Elderly woman being assisted by soldiers
12. Emergency services worker standing on truck
13. Soldiers assisting elderly man off the military vehicle
14. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Voxpop, No name given, flood victim:
"I prayed to god at the very last moment and we managed to survive. My husband told us to go to the back of the house. And we along with our baby managed to survive."
15. Soldiers on top of the military vehicle
16. Military vehicle waiting on the road
17. Bulldozer passing the entrance to Kumbag
STORYLINE
Flash floods in northwestern Turkey forced the evacuation of residents from their homes in the township of Kumbag on Saturday night.
Rescue workers used military vehicles as well as bulldozers to evacuate residents from their flooded homes in Kumbag.
The heaviest rains in eight decades fuelled flash floods that have killed at least 31 people in Turkey since Monday.
Nine other people are still missing from floods earlier this week.
Torrential rains also triggered floods elsewhere in the region on Saturday in Istanbul's Sariyer and Kilyos suburbs.
Torrential rains also triggered floods elsewhere in the region Saturday and in Istanbul's Sariyer and Kilyos suburbs, causing at least one bridge to collapse near the town of Kesan on the Greek border and inundating dozens of homes in Istanbul.
Flood victims spoke of their grief and the damage to their properties.
"I prayed to god at the very last moment and we managed to survive. My husband told us to go to the back of the house. And we along with our baby managed to survive," said one lady.
Earlier in the night, about 200 workers at tile and brick factories were also evacuated by helicopter.
Flood waters had receded and rescue officials were working to evacuate a small number of workers left at the factories near the town of Kumbag, the Governor of
Tekirdag province said. He denied earlier media reports that five workers went missing.
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