The Turkish State Meteorological Service has issued an orange weather alert for Muğla and yellow alerts for 18 provinces, including İzmir and Antalya, warning of heavy rainfall expected on Wednesday.
According to the warning map published by the Turkish State Meteorological Service, very heavy rainfall is expected in the Muğla districts of Seydikemer, Köyceğiz, Fethiye, Dalaman, Ortaca, Ula, Marmaris, Datça and Bodrum.
Yellow alerts have also been issued for Adıyaman, Aydın, Burdur, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mersin, Malatya, Mardin, Tunceli, Batman, Antalya, Bingöl, Denizli, Elazığ, Isparta, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş and Şanlıurfa.
Heavy Rain Expected in Southwestern and Southeastern Turkey
According to the Meteorological Service, showers and thunderstorms already affecting southwestern Turkey are expected to intensify from tonight and continue until Thursday morning.
Heavy rainfall of 21–60 mm is forecast for western İzmir, Aydın, Muğla, Antalya, western Mersin, southern and western Denizli, eastern Burdur and southern Isparta.
Very heavy and locally severe rainfall of 51–100 mm is expected in southern and eastern Muğla, as well as Antalya city centre and its eastern districts.
In southeastern Turkey, showers and thunderstorms are expected to begin affecting the region tonight and continue until Thursday morning. Heavy rainfall of 21–50 mm is forecast for Elazığ, Tunceli, Bingöl, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Batman, as well as eastern Kahramanmaraş and southern Malatya.
Rainfall of 51–75 mm, locally very heavy, is expected across Adıyaman province, as well as in northern Şanlıurfa and northern and western Diyarbakır.
Authorities have urged residents to exercise caution due to the risk of flooding, flash floods, lightning, localised hail, strong winds during rainfall, waterspouts and transport disruption.
