Izmir Metropolitan Municipality teams continue to work to eliminate the negative effects caused by the heavy rain that has been pouring in the city since night hours. President following the developments from IZUM Tunç Soyer“Over the last year, 18 percent of the rain fell overnight. 126 kilograms of water fell per square meter, which is a very serious figure," he said. According to the data of the General Directorate of Meteorology, the average total precipitation in İzmir in February is 102,3 kilograms per square meter.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality teams continue to work to eliminate the negativities caused by the continuous rain in the city since night hours. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerThe Dikili program was canceled and passed at the Izmir Transportation Center (IZUM), which is used as a disaster coordination center to monitor the developments and coordinate the teams.
Don't drive, stay home
The President, who shared the data on the excessive precipitation that started in Izmir last night and increased its effect in a short time, in IZUM. Tunç Soyer“Izmir has been facing a huge disaster for the last 24 hours. In 2020, 18 percent of year-round precipitation fell overnight. 126 kilograms of precipitation fell per square meter, which is a very serious figure," he said. Stating that the overflowing streams create a big problem, Mayor Soyer said, “The subway works uninterruptedly. Despite the elimination of the interruption due to rockfall in İZBAN, interruptions occur from time to time. There are also problems with bus lines from time to time," he said. Reminding that rain is expected in the afternoon, Mayor Soyer urged the people of Izmir not to drive as much as possible and not to leave their homes, and continued as follows: "Staying at home will not only prevent you from being harmed by this disaster, but will also facilitate the work of our teams at work."
More rainfall than the 1995 catastrophe
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerReminding that in the last flood disaster İzmir experienced in 1995, approximately 4 kilograms of precipitation fell per square meter in 100 hours, “At that time, 61 of our citizens lost their lives. 126 kilograms per square meter fell in İzmir. It's so high number. In order to show the size of the number, I can give the following example. The total amount of precipitation in a year is 717 kilograms. The amount of precipitation İzmir receives in a few hours is 126 kilograms. This is an extraordinarily large number; It is a great disaster,” he said.
125,6 kg of rain fell per square meter in Güzelyalı
Last night in İzmir, 125,6 to Güzelyalı, 119 to Karabağlar, Bayraklı110,4 to Balçova, 95,3 to Menderes, 80,6 to Bornova, 64 to Foça, 57 to Aliağa, 55,3 to Kınık, 48,3 to Karaburun and 48,2 kilograms of rainfall fell on Buca. According to the data of the General Directorate of Meteorology, while the average of February precipitation was 47 kilograms in İzmir, İzmir received 102,3 kilograms of precipitation overnight.
The amount of precipitation above the expected and seasonal norms negatively affected life in many parts of the city. The rain that started at night and continued uninterruptedly in İzmir caused flooding and floods of the streams Hacı Ahmet, Mehmetçik, Hıfzıssıhha, Polygon, Gümüşpala, Yamanlar, Çitlenbik, Doğançay, Yahya, Karakoç. Fire brigade, science works, parks and gardens teams affiliated to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and related units of IZSU General Directorate continue their work. All municipal facilities have been mobilized to keep up with the notices and to return life to normal.
What happened in the 1995 flood disaster in Izmir?
On the night connecting 1995 November to 3 November 4, more than 4 kilograms of precipitation fell per square meter in a 100-hour period. 322 houses were destroyed along the beds of Büyükçiğli, Kavaklıdere, Örnekköy, Dallık and Yamanlar streams that took their source from the Yamanlar Mountain and emptied into the Izmir Bay; 10 thousand buildings were damaged by flood waters, most of them in Örnekköy and Dallık stream beds. 61 people died, 63 of whom were during the incident. In the precipitation classification, precipitation that falls over 1 kilograms per 100 square meter is considered as "excessive precipitation".
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