Fierce thunderstorm right now in İstanbul

[aurora]

Right now it is 15:58 local time but outside it is like evening. A thunderstorm has started with lightnings and thunders and wind. A wind gust knocked down my orchid to the ground in the balcony. There is also a clothes rack made of aluminum in the balcony but I am afraid (because of lightnings) to go out and bring it in. It is also raining fiercely. There can be some flash flooding in low lying places of Istanbul. There are no hails yet but I am watching.

 

[aurora]

The wind speed has reached 120 km per hour, the two Bosphorus bridges (they are cable suspension bridges) have been closed to traffic due to high speed winds (the bridges began swaying). The roofs of 350 homes have flown away and at least 118 trees have been uprooted as of now. It is literally raining "sheets of rain".

A scaffolding has collapsed on a taxi and two people are injured. Two 18 wheeler trucks have capsized. Fights have been cancelled in the Atatürk Int'l airport.

 

[un chien anadolu]

A view from Bosphorus 30 min. ago.

Also like i posted in the What's the weather where you are? What's the weather where you are? thread http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,24332.msg511716.html#msg511716 another tornado is expected today. The region literally became a tropic zone.

 

[aurora]

Someone named Onur Koca has uploaded this on vimeo. It shows the lightnings.

_http://vimeo.com/99330685

 

[stardust]

The wind speed has reached 120 km per hour, the two Bosphorus bridges (they are cable suspension bridges) have been closed to traffic due to high speed winds (the bridges began swaying). The roofs of 350 homes have flown away and at least 118 trees have been uprooted as of now. It is literally raining "sheets of rain".

A scaffolding has collapsed on a taxi and two people are injured. Two 18 wheeler trucks have capsized. Fights have been cancelled in the Atatürk Int'l airport.

I hope you don't have big damage at home :(