Search-and-rescue crews in northern Turkey recovered 10 more bodies overnight, raising the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the region to 27, officials said on Friday, August 13, 2021. Dozens more people were believed to be missing.

Thousands of people fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey on Friday, August 6, 2021, as a protracted heat wave turned forests into tinderboxes and flames threatened populated areas, electricity installations and historic sites.

Firefighters were battling to control blazes that tore through forests near Turkey’s beach destinations for the sixth day running on Monday, August 2, 2021, as water-carrying planes from the European Union prepared to join the containment efforts.

The private Dogan news agency said Sunday the dead also included two Indians, two Tunisians and one victim each from Canada, Syria, Israel, Lebanon and Belgium.