The country’s Natural Disasters and Emergency Directorate (AFAD) said in a statement that 48 people died in the Kastamonu province, nine people died in Sinop and one person died in Bartin.
Eight people are also receiving treatment in hospitals for injuries sustained in the devastating floods in the northern provinces — the second environmental catastrophe to hit the country this month.
“Torrents of water tossed dozens of cars and heaps of debris along streets, destroyed buildings and bridges, closed roads and cut off electricity to hundreds of villages,” it reported.
More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from the flood zones, as dozens of villages remain without electricity, the statement said.