伊斯坦布尔——据官方消息，10月19日，上周发生在伊斯坦布尔及其周边地区的洪水造成的死亡人数升至8人。此前，这座土耳其最大城市遭遇了80多年来最强烈的降雨，救援人员随后又发现了更多遇难者遗体。
ISTANBUL – The toll from flooding in and around Istanbul last week rose to eight on Oct 19, as rescuers found more bodies after Turkey’s largest city was battered by the heaviest rainfall in more than 80 years, officials said.
伊斯坦布尔省省长达武特·古尔向记者介绍称，其中6人死于伊斯坦布尔市内，另外2名遇难者的遗体则是在这座大城市的东南郊被发现。
Six died in Istanbul, while the bodies of two more people from a neighbouring province were washed up on the south-eastern outskirts of the megacity, Istanbul governor Davut Gul told reporters.
10月14日，伊斯坦布尔遭遇了有气象记录以来最为猛烈的降雨——官方称这是自1942年开始记录以来的最大降雨量。这场暴雨引发了严重混乱与突发性洪水，有视频显示汽车与行人均被湍急的洪水冲走。
The Oct 14 historic rainfall – which officials said was the heaviest since records began in 1942 – caused chaos and flash flooding, with footage showing cars and people being dragged away by the fast-flowing waters.
截至10月15日，古尔表示已有3人遇难，另有5人失踪。当时，救援人员正全力排涝并清理暴雨造成的破坏与损失。
By Oct 15, Gul said three people had died and another five were missing as huge efforts were under way to drain the floodwaters and clear up the damage and destruction caused by the torrential rainfall.
其中一名遇难者是14岁的男孩，他在踩入积水时不幸触电身亡。据土耳其官方媒体阿纳多卢通讯社报道，10月16日和18日，在金角湾又分别发现了两具男性遗体。
One was a 14-year-old boy who was electrocuted when he stepped in a puddle. A fourth body was found on Oct 16 and a fifth on Oct 18 in the Golden Horn estuary, state media Anadolu said. Both were men.
10月19日，古尔办公室通报称，在金角湾的艾万萨雷渡轮码头附近又发现了一名此前报告失踪的男子的遗体。
On Oct 19, Gul’s office said the body of another man was found near Ayvansaray ferry pier on the Golden Horn who had been reported missing.
古尔对记者说：“伊斯坦布尔市内共有6人遇难，还有1人失踪。”他还补充道，在邻近的科贾埃利省也有2人因洪水丧生。
“In Istanbul, a total of six people have died, and one person is missing,” Gul told reporters, saying another two people had died outside of Istanbul in the neighbouring province of Kocaeli.
“在科贾埃利省遇难的2人被洪水冲到了彭迪克地区，我们的搜救队随后发现了他们的遗体。因此，目前总共已找到8具遇难者遗体。”古尔说道，目前搜救工作仍在继续，以寻找最后一名失踪者。
“Two people who died in Kocaeli and were swept away as far as Pendik were found dead by our search and rescue teams. Therefore, a total of eight bodies have been found,” he said, adding that search efforts were continuing for one more missing person.
古尔称，截至目前，当局已接到近2万起关于暴雨及洪水导致财产受损的报告。
So far, the authorities have received nearly 20,000 reports about property damage as a result of the torrential rainfall and the resulting floods, Gul said.
他说道：“我们经历了一场灾难，产生了大约19,300份报告，每份报告涉及不同类型的问题。目前已确定，大约2,000户住宅和约900家企业……遭受了严重损失。”
“We experienced a disaster that generated around 19,300 reports, each with different types of problems. At this point, it has been determined that around 2,000 homes and about 900 businesses... have suffered serious damage,” he said.
他表示，10月16日，当局向5,200名受灾居民每人发放了10,000土耳其里拉（约258新元），并将在10月19日向另外2,500人发放相同金额。
On Oct 16, the authorities paid out 10,000 Turkish lira (S$258) to 5,200 affected residents and will pay out the same amount to another 2,500 people on Oct 19, he said.