Turkey flood toll hits 44

Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings yesterday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further. 

At least 44 people have died from the floods in the northern Black Sea region.

Drone footage by Reuters showed massive damage in the flood-hit Black Sea town of Bozkurt, where emergency workers were searching demolished buildings.

Thirty-six people died as a result of floods in the Kastamonu district which includes Bozkurt, and another seven people died in Sinop and one in Bartin, officials said.

In one collapsed building along the banks of the swollen river, 10 people were still believed buried. The rapid floodwaters appeared to have swept away the foundations of several other apartment blocks.