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Rains trigger landslide in Turkey, 12 killed

27.08.2010 16:18   24 views   0 comments


Rescuers and volunteers carry the body of a victim of landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains that swept through Gundogdu town near Turkey's Black Sea coast on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010.  People were killed when the landslide collapsed homes in Gundogan, in the tea-growing Black Sea province of Rize. The region has become prone to landslides from deforestation to clear way for plantations. (AP Photo/Muhittin Sandikci, Anatolian) ** TURKEY OUT **Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains swept through a town in northern Turkey, killing at least 12 people, officials said Friday.




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