Storm smashes into Istanbul, kills at least four

A powerful storm pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey yesterday, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people, reports said. The victims included a woman who died in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, where strong gusts tore off part of a roof and it landed on her and her child, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The child survived with injuries. The Istanbul governor’s office said three other people were killed in the city, including a foreign national. Nineteen people were injured.