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Heavy rain leads to morning traffic congestion in Istanbul

Heavy rainfall in Istanbul led to morning traffic congestion reaching 72 percent on the first workday of the week, according to local reports. The Istanbul Governorship has issued a weather warning forecasting strong rain across the week. It is not yet reported whether the adverse weather has caused property damage or disruption to public transit.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • dikenİstanbul Valiliği
  • medyascopeMeteoroloji
  • yenialanyaİstanbul'da
2 differing positions reported on location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • dikenİstanbul
  • medyascope20 il
  • yenialanyaİstanbul
2 differing positions reported on status across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • dikençıktı
  • medyascopeuyardı
  • yenialanyabastı
WhereIstanbul
41.014, 28.950 ±10 km
First reported27 days ago
Published2026-09-28 10:49 UTC
Occurred2026-09-28
Sources3
How this travelled.
Reports13Independent tellings3
3 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Heavy rain leads to morning traffic congestion in Istanbul. 2026-09-28T10:49:22.251Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3851. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-28/kuvvetli-yags-istanbul-da-trafik-yogunlugu-yuzde-72-ye-ckt-011dd089

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