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Flood and Landslide in Artvin, Turkey – Roads Closed, Properties Damaged – May 2026

Occurred 13 May 2026·Detected 13 May 2026·
🇹🇷 Arhavi and Fındıklı districts, Artvin Province, northeastern Turkey; Rize-Artvin coastal road1 reportEnded 29 May 2026
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Severe rainfall triggered flooding and landslides in the Arhavi and Fındıklı districts of Artvin province, northeastern Turkey. The General Directorate of Highways closed the coastal road between Rize and Artvin to traffic. Floodwaters inundated numerous homes and businesses, causing significant damage. State Water Works (DSİ) teams have begun clean-up operations in riverbeds.

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Impact verdict

Low impact. LOW: Historical recalibration. The event may be locally severe or geopolitically notable, but the available reporting does not evidence a concrete London Market loss pathway such as named insured asset damage, vessel/cargo loss, port/airspace/waterway closure, energy/facility outage, claims/loss estimate, reinsurance impact, sanctions asset action, or pricing/capacity response.

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Known4 lines

Flooding and landslides occurred in Arhavi and Fındıklı districts of Artvin province
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The Rize-Artvin coastal road has been closed to traffic by the General Directorate of Highways
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Floodwaters caused damage to multiple homes and businesses
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DSİ (State Water Works) teams have begun clean-up operations in riverbeds
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Reported2 lines

The event was caused by heavy rainfall affecting the region
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Both flooding and landslides were reported in the same districts
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Uncertain3 lines

No casualty figures reported — extent of injuries or fatalities unknown
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Duration and end date of the event not specified
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Full extent of property and infrastructure damage not quantified
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Affected countries

🇹🇷 Turkey

Timeline

Status Change2 Jun 2026, 13:05

Lifecycle changed

monitoring → closed

Closure2 Jun 2026, 13:05

Event Closed

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Status Change29 May 2026, 05:30

Status changed to monitoring

Auto-transitioned: no updates for 6 hours

active → monitoring

Status Change28 May 2026, 22:36

Status changed to active

remediation: existing authoritative signal

signal → active

De-escalation25 May 2026, 16:52

Impact changed

medium → low

Initial Detection13 May 2026, 08:45

Initial Detection

Severe rainfall triggered flooding and landslides in the Arhavi and Fındıklı districts of Artvin province, northeastern Turkey. The General Directorate of Highways closed the coastal road between Rize and Artvin to traffic. Floodwaters inundated numerous homes and businesses, causing significant damage. State Water Works (DSİ) teams have begun clean-up operations in riverbeds.

Artvin'de etkili olan şiddetli yağışlar sonucu Arhavi ve Fındıklı ilçelerinde sel ve heyelan meydana geldi. Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü, Rize-Artvin arasındaki sahil yolunun trafiğe kapatıldığını duyurdu. Sel suları birçok evi ve işyerini basarak büyük hasara yol açtı.

Source: Hurriyet (Mainstream Media) · View source

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