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Earlier, a 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in a puddle, and a 34-year-old pedestrian died after slipping into floodwaters.<br \/>Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said Istanbul experienced intense precipitation, with rainfall reaching up to 272 kg per square meter in some parts of the city. Ciftci noted that emergency centers have received 8,815 distress calls across Istanbul so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have died and five others remain missing after torrential rainfall triggered severe flooding in Istanbul, Turkish authorities said on Thursday.Search and rescue teams recovered the body of a man swept away by floodwaters in the Ayazaga neighborhood of Sariyer district, raising the confirmed fatalities to three. 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