Planes blown around airport as tornado tears through Turkish resort city of Antalya
- Area has been struck by five tornadoes in three days, according to the local governor
A tornado hit the Turkish resort of Antalya, injuring a dozen people, overturning buses and damaging aeroplanes at the airport with officials warning on Sunday of the risk of more bad weather.
After the tornado battered the area in the south on Saturday, Antalya Governor Munir Karaloglu said 12 people were injured and two buses were blown over at the airport.
Two planes and a police helicopter were also partly damaged, Karaloglu said.
It was the fifth tornado in three days, the governor’s office said.
The governorate on Sunday warned the public on Twitter that the risk of another tornado as well as strong winds, flooding and lightning remained in the province’s east.
Former Antalya MP and current Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Sunday told reporters that two people were killed after storms and flooding in the east of the province.