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Show miRKEY FLOODS i WREAJUIAVOC j ANKARA, Jan. 1 Torrential ' rains caused new havoc in earth- '' quake-etrlcken ' Turkey . today, j swelling flood waters believed already al-ready to have caused at least 1300 . -deaths. Whole villages of the Brusa to glon In western Turkey were re- ' ported swept up by the torrents p and carried Into the Sea of Mar- i mora. Soma new quakes were felt In . 1 the northeastern region, which eur- fered devastation last week, - 'T The moat turbulent rivers were i the Surlu, Slndshan and Adranoa, , which flow northward across a i broad coastal plain Into the Sea of i Marmora. At some points the i flooded rivers spread out 10 miles. ; "The rivers are stretching out arms like an octopus, seizing vle time," said a Turkish officer who ! flew ever the region. In some easea the riven seemed to have changed their courses permanently. Officials estimated last week's earthquakes resulted la 45.000 dead, 100,000 Injured and 800,000 homeless. At least 35,000 were said to have been made homeless by floods. |