WorldSocial NewsTurkish Weather Just Went Absolutely BatshitIs this a sign of the inevitable apocalypse?By by Rose Troup BuchananBuzzFeed News ReporterPosted on July 27, 2017, 8:29 pmTwitterFacebookLink 1. In the latest sign of the end of days, Istanbul's residents just endured ~some weather~. Oğuz @sir_mancio bu ülkeye aşığız biz aşık asdgfdhgldfdkgkldfkdk Thu Jul 27 15:29:27 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite In the background, the anchor in the studio can be heard asking for her to get to a "safe location." 2. Across the city, people were amazed at what they were seeing. Miki @JennaBPope A #HailStorm in Istanbul, Turkey today. (Don't worry, we saved the cat you see in the bottom right-hand corner arou… https://t.co/C6tO4SjhXN 05:17 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. Also the SIZE of the hailstones... Can Coşkun @cancoskun Üsküdar 03:26 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. Things got a...little bit out of control. harunkaranfilci @harunkaranfilci Yol, köprü, metro filan yaptılar. Gerçi her an bir parçası kopup kafamızı koparabilir ama o kadar da olur artık 05:34 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Okay, maybe a lot of bit. yavuz @yavuzalpreis #yağmur Ne yapsalar boş göklerden gelen bir karar var Rabbim esirgesin 06:14 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. It got so bad that this revolving door looked like a massive amount of ghosts were trying to enter this building. 🤘AntiMadde 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰 @antimadde96 Oha!!!!!!! Thu Jul 27 18:14:08 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. Seriously, it was like a Michael Bay movie out there. Mohamed Taha @Mo_Taha1 I was stranded in a cab in Ulus as a raging hail storm hit Istanbul. #yagmur #istanbuldayağmur 05:02 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 8. Just when you thought things couldn't get more jaw-dropping... Mohamed Taha @Mo_Taha1 The main drag of Ortakoy in #Istanbul turned into a raging river from the severe storm. Video by @AshfaaqC… https://t.co/R50pwvqz21 05:15 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. ...They did. This video shows the moment a crane crashed into an oil tanker in the city's Haydarpaşa port, starting a huge fire. Handan İnci @handaninciMSGSU Kızımın çektiği patlama anı: Thu Jul 27 15:46:59 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Firefighters controlled the blaze once they arrived on the scene, Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Daily reported, and no one was reported injured in the harbor. 10. But there were acts of heroism amid the chaos. Alper Gel @GelAlper Turkish man saves the day by saving a drowning cat during heavy storm #Istanbul #Storm #Turkey #yagmur #Hail #Storm… https://t.co/xYPPLGlZCn 07:33 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. The aftermath of the hail and rain left the streets a little bit unpassable... Miki @JennaBPope More video of the flooding today in Istanbul, Turkey - near central Beşiktaş. #yağmur #Yağmurdaİstanbul Thu Jul 27 19:36:50 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. And public transport somewhat tricky. Sinem Uğurlu @csinemugurlu Yolcular şoföre can yeleği soruyor. Kazlıçeşmedeyiz 03:51 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. A number of of buildings, including a mosque, were seriously damaged. Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou Happening now: Apocalyptic hail summer storm hammering Istanbul, chipping away at facades of buildings and dangerou… https://t.co/ORkG53lsXg 03:27 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. Two people were also reportedly injured when a wall in a cemetery collapsed on them. Mukaddes @birmuk An itibariyle Kadıköy. #kadıköy #sel #fırtına #yağmur çok acaip. 04:25 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. But, as with all things, the sun came out in the end. Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou After the intense summer hailstorm, a rainbow appears over the Bosphorus in Istanbul 03:42 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Topics in this articleSocial News