Flash Floods in Turkey

A survivor tries to save his belongings after flash floods in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Flash floods gushed across a major highway and a commercial district in Istanbul, killing at least 20 people and stranding dozens in cars on rooftops, the city's governor said.

Debris and damaged vehicles are seen after flash floods in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

People try to save their belongings after flash floods in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

Debris and damaged vehicles are seen after flash floods in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

People try to save their belongings after flash floods in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

A woman reacts, as she tries to save her belongings from her mud-filled house after flash floods in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

Passengers of a bus on a flooded highway wait to be rescued in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009. Flash floods gushed across an Istanbul arterial road on Wednesday, stranding dozens in their vehicles, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Passengers of a bus are seen climbing over debris on a flooded highway in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.

A man walks in flood water in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2009. Heavy rains caused floods in the Silivri and Catalca suburbs of Istanbul, as well, immersing homes and roads, officials said.

Damaged cars and boats are seen in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2009.

A flooded highway that links downtown Istanbul to Ataturk airport is seen in the suburb of Ikitelli, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.

Passengers of a bus on a flooded highway wait to be rescued in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.

Rescue workers evacuate passengers who were trapped in a bus in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.

A car is left suspended where flash flooding washed a road away in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2009.

Rescuers evacuate people trapped in a bus in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.

Rescue workers evacuate two passengers who were trapped in a bus in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.

Cars are partially submerged near the sea following flash floods in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2009.

Cars lay abandoned following flash floods near the sea in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2009.

A military rescue helicopter evacuates a man from the roof of a building in Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 9, 2009.