Turkey starts this week with an orange alert in Istanbul

Planet Weather Disasters

Turkey starts this week with the announcement of “orange” alarm level in Istanbul. Showers, sleet and storms are expected. Istanbul International Airport says & nbsp; about numerous cases of postponement and cancellation of flights.

And in the south-east of Turkey on Monday night there was a devastating earthquake, at the moment several hundred people have died, including the historic Gaziantep fortress built by the Romans.< /p>

At the same time, a state of emergency has been declared in several regions of Chile. It extends to the areas of Newble, Bio-Bio, and Araucania. At least 23 people have died in wildfires in Chile, Interfax reports.

 Sixteen people have been victims of a series of more than 50 road accidents that occurred the day before on a highway in Hunan province in southern China and were associated with weather difficulties .