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Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall caused serious damage Wednesday in districts of the northern Turkish province of Ordu, affecting half million people, injuring dozens and leaving hundreds stranded, waiting to be rescued.

The floods and subsequent landslides affected rural areas in Fatsa, Ünye, Perşembe, Ikizce, Çaybaşı and Aybastı districts.

Tests conducted on tap water in the Erenyurt neighborhood of the Ünye district of the Black Sea province of Ordu have revealed that the water used by locals may contain a number of heavy metal elements such as aluminum, lead and iron, daily Birgün reported on May 13.

A 76-year-old man has cycled more than 1,000 kilometers from the Aegean province of ?zmir to see his grandson who is serving in the military in the Black Sea province of Ordu.

Nureddin Gönülal, 76, cycled 1,054 kilometers from ?zmir's Ödemi? district to Ordu's Ünye district, where his grandson Saadettin Sevin, 21, is doing his military service.