Residents of Turkey’s northern town of Bozkurt were still shocked on Saturday as hopes to find survivors dimmed after the country’s worst floods in years.

At least 44 people have died from the floods in the Black Sea region, the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month.

Thirty-six people died as a result of floods in the Kastamonu district, along with another seven in Sinop and one in Bartin, said officials with the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD).

Wednesday’s floods brought chaos just as authorities were declaring wildfires that raged through southern coastal regions for two weeks had been brought under control. About 45 cm of rain fell in less than three days in one village near Bozkurt.

Torrents of water tossed dozens of cars and heaps of debris along streets, destroyed bridges, closed roads and cut off electricity to hundreds of villages.

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