Turkey kicks off this week with an orange alert in Istanbul
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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 .