土耳其内政部长表示，伊斯坦布尔发生的灾难性洪灾是80多年来最严重的，死亡人数持续上升。
Turkey’s interior minister says catastrophic flooding in Istanbul has been the worst in more than 80 years as the death toll rises.
伊斯坦布尔 — 土耳其内政部长穆斯塔法·齐夫奇周五表示，伊斯坦布尔的灾难性洪灾是80多年来最严重的，死亡人数已升至四人。
ISTANBUL — Catastrophic flooding in Istanbul was the worst in more than 80 years, Turkey’s interior minister said Friday as the death toll rose to four.
伊斯坦布尔是土耳其人口最多的城市，拥有1600万居民，截至周四早上的48小时内降雨量超过了9月和10月的历史平均降雨量之和，这是由官方通讯社安纳多利亚通讯社报道的。
Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city with 16 million residents, was hit by more rain in the 48 hours up to Thursday morning than the combined historical average for September and October, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
“我们正在尽最大努力帮助我们的公民，但我们也正在经历自1942年以来最大的洪灾灾难，”齐夫奇在周三晚上暴雨袭击的最严重地区之一进行视察时说。
“We are trying our best to help our citizens, but we are also experiencing the biggest flood disaster since 1942,” Mustafa Ciftci said during a visit to one of the areas hit hardest by Wednesday night’s downpour.
周五，一名66岁男子的遗体在伊斯坦布尔萨里耶区的一座桥下被发现。此前已有三人死亡的报告，包括一名青少年在暴雨中被电击身亡。
The body of a 66-year-old man was found Friday under a bridge in Istanbul’s Sariyer district. Three other deaths were previously reported, including a teenager who was electrocuted in the storm.
房屋和商铺被洪水淹没，街道和公园被水淹遍及全城。车辆被洪水冲走，许多最终堆积在山脚底部。
Homes and businesses were flooded as water covered streets and parks across the city. Vehicles were washed away and many ended up piled up at the bottom of hills.
在周五发现遗体之前，齐夫奇在萨里耶区阿亚扎加社区告诉记者，仍有四人失踪。
Before the discovery of the body on Friday, Ciftci told reporters in Sariyer’s Ayazaga neighborhood that four people remained missing.
他说，与洪灾相关的损害和其他问题的报告共有9850起，有46000人员正在参与清理废墟和帮助伊斯坦布尔居民的工作。
He said there were 9,850 reports of damage and other issues related to the floods and that 46,000 personnel were working to clean up debris and help residents in Istanbul.
环境、城市化和气候变化部长穆拉特·库鲁姆陪同齐夫奇前往受灾社区视察。
Murat Kurum, the minister for the environment, urbanization and climate change, accompanied Ciftci to the flood-hit neighborhood.
针对人们担心洪灾因临水道的城市发展而加剧，库鲁姆表示，解决这一问题“至关重要”。库鲁姆将于下个月在土耳其城市安塔利亚主持联合国气候变化大会COP31，他还将洪灾与气候变化的影响联系起来。“应对气候变化不是选择，而是必需，”他说。
Addressing concerns that the floods were exacerbated by urban development close to waterways, he said that dealing with the problem was “essential.”Kurum, who will chair the U.N. climate change conference, COP31, next month in the Turkish city of Antalya, also linked the floods to the effects of climate change. “Combating climate change is not a choice, but a necessity,” he said.