two people missing. in the town of hopa. the meteorologist cal pattern s up. the terrain is conducive for all this. you have the northerly flow. the mountains right there outside of the town, within 10 miles inland go out from say level up to 6,000 feet in elevation. this is perfect for forcing the air to rise. once the air rises, it cools and condens condenses. and you have the tremendous rainfall. a vast majority of it in the six-hour period that caused the flash flooding over this region of turkey. the concern is that the pattern very much unusual as far as the amount of rainfall they saw. this is the beginning of the wet season, but about 250 millimeters coming down. 170 millimeters is what is considered normal. and again, most of it happening in just a few hours. they can t handle that much