Teenager dies as heavy rain floods Istanbul

Roads collapse and hospitals take in water as floods swamp Turkiye’s largest city, shutting schools and halting traffic.Published On 15 Oct 202615 Oct 2026A teenage boy has died after torrential rain battered Istanbul, flooding hundreds of homes, causing roads to cave in and bringing traffic to a near standstill in Turkiye’s largest city.Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed a surveillance camera capturing the moment the 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in the Balat area of Istanbul’s Fatih district, after stepping into a puddle during heavy rain.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Pakistan, Turkiye join Saudi deterrence against Houthis: What that meanslist 2 of 3India to Turkiye, can new proposals to broker Russia-Ukraine truce succeed?list 3 of 3Two killed after building partially collapses in Turkiye’s Istanbulend of listThe footage showed the boy walking through puddles at the entrance of a car park before suddenly collapsing to the ground.The Istanbul governor’s office said the boy was taken to hospital unconscious, but he died despite rescue attempts, noting that an investigation into the incident had been opened.Istanbul Governor Davut Gul urged residents to stay a...