Turkey flooding death toll reaches 38 as Erdoğan tours disaster zone

Rescuers sift through rubble for victims and survivors as country reels from floods and wildfires

The death toll from Turkey's flash floods has risen to 38 as emergency crews searched for more victims and survivors in the devastated Black Sea region just as the country was gaining control over hundreds of wildfires.

The health minister, Fahrettin Koca, announced on Twitter late on Friday that 32 people died in Kastamonu province, along the Black Sea, and six in the neighbouring area of Sinop. The toll was also reported by the government's disaster agency AFAD.