A tornado that struck a construction site in the Mediterranean coastal province of Antalya early on Tuesday killed four workers and injured another, an official said.
The twister hit the building site in Antalya's Kepez district, destroying a container that housed workers and killing four of them, Gov. Hulusi Sahin told reporters. A fifth worker, who was staying inside another container, was injured.
Victims and damage
Three of the workers who died were Syrian nationals, Sahin said. There was no immediate information on the condition of the injured worker.
The tornado, which came shortly after the country's weather agency warned of heavy rains, also knocked down a crane at the site, Sahin said.
Context and recent weather
There was no damage in other parts of Kepez or Antalya, which will host the U.N. climate summit, COP31, next month.
Antalya and other locations along the Mediterranean coast periodically experience tornadoes, although deadly incidents are rare. Earlier this month, Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, was hit by severe floods that left eight people dead.
