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Heavy snow hits Turkey's northeast as southwest burns
- Heavy snow fell in northeastern Turkey on Friday, while much of the country faced extreme heat and wildfires, according to local media.
- Temperatures dropped significantly in mountainous areas near Rize, affecting local residents.
- A resident of Rize stated, "this is the first time I've seen snow in July" as snow blanketed Ovit Yaylasi.
- Firefighters are currently battling wildfires in Izmir province, where temperatures could reach 40 degrees Celsius in the coming days.
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Heavy snow hits Turkey's northeast as southwest burns
A rare blanket of heavy snow fell on parts of northeastern Turkey on Friday as the rest of the country sweltered in searing summer heat with firefighters battling wildfires, local media reported.
It snows for hours in northeastern Turkey, while the rest of the country groans under heat and firefighters in the west battle forest fires.
And while the fires rage in the west, in the northeast... it's snowing - In Rizounda, snow fell for five hours, something that hadn't happened since the 1980s
Turkey: fires to the west, snow in the eastern part - News Bulletin 247
Snowfalls hit the plateaus of northeast Turkey today, as the firefighters fight with the flames, at a distance of 1,600 kilometers west, on the coast. Snow has fallen into many provinces in the eastern part of Anatolia, such as Rizunda, Trabzon, Biburt and Erzurum, unprecedented weather for decades, as Turkish media reports. According to a journalist in the area who spoke to the French Agency from Rizounta, snowfall lasted almost five hours: “…
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