![]() The French school for girls in the French Hospital grounds had water at desk height and the pupils books were carried away everywhere and books were seen floating away in the sea after the storms subsided. …the tide being at its highest level the sea was now over the parapet covering the Quay side from one end to the other of the sea front. People did not realise the danger at first, but by mid-afternoon everything was under water, at places over a metre high. ![]() Soon the streets of Punta (Alsancak) became canals as if it was Venice. The waters covered the marble steps one by one, and entered the basements. When these were full and started to overflow (being lower than the sea level) the waters were now backing into the houses and the temporary dwellings. Portions of the Stones River Greenway between Percy Priest Dam and Lebanon Road are inundated. It is at this stage therefore that the rain waters accompanied by heavy yellow silt started to rise, filling every gully. As a consequence most traces of previous civilisations vanished. The waters had now reached Bornova Sokak but could not advance further towards the sea because earlier in the year the Municipal Authorities had authorised the reconstruction of the road, lifting it 50 centimetres higher with the intention of making all the roads of the town higher thus using all the rubble of the burnt city. As a result the lower parts of the town were being invaded. The waters overflowed and burst the river’s banks and even carried away the fragile wooden bridge, thus adding even more rubbish and silt. Floodplain - Any land area prone to flooding from any source. ![]() (This stream or canal was dug at the time when the Quays were built, and was diverting the flow away from the river’s original bed running across town, and potentially towards the new port.) Base Flood Elevation - The height to which floodwater is expected to rise during the base flood. Expect minor flooding of River Road and homes at Quimby along River Lane, Charlton Park, and Berry's Landing. Over 200 homes flooded in the Hastings area and homes flood in Nashville on Water Street. This was too much for the shallow and narrow man-made river to carry the rain waters to the sea at Halkapinar. Expect major flooding of River Road, farmland, and homes in low lying areas adjacent to the river. The pressure of the water accumulated behind this ancient monument was such that the structure collapsed with a huge noise and tremor giving way to this huge mass of rubbish, stones, and pillars of brick, complete olive and fig trees, together with all types of branches floating on the surface towards the town. … During early October, rains which started in mid-September had developed into storms, the river running down from Seydikoy and Boudja carrying on its wake large amounts of falling trees, branches, and a lot of other waste towards Kemer and the sea had accumulated sufficient quantity of rubbish enough to block the main gates of the first and second line of arches of the Roman stone and brick aqueduct. The 1930 Smyrna flood as narrated by Peter P.
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