A powerful storm unleashed chaos on Istanbul, sparking fires, damaging aircraft and even bringing a crane crashing down the ground.<br /><br />Turkey’s biggest city was hit with golf ball-size hailstones and heavy rain, which flooded the metro and roads and left vehicles submerged.<br /><br />Flights into the city’s airport were suspended and one plane showed the scars of the hailstorm after making an emergency landing.<br /><br />Firefighters battled to put out blazes started by lightning. <br /><br />They also contained a fire sparked by a crane toppling over at Haydarpasa port, near the southern entrance to the Bosphorus.<br /><br />Two people were injured when the wall of an old cemetery collapsed near a busy street, the Daily Sabah said.<br /><br />It was the second time this month that heavy rains flooded streets and disrupted transport in Istanbul.<br /><br />Turkish Airlines plane shows storm scars<br /><br />Video shows firefighters saving stranded passengers<br /><br /> A post shared by CELİL çakan (@celil_kaan) on Jul 27, 2017 at 4:33pm PDT<br /><br /> Millet mahsur kaldı bot bekliyorlar A post shared by Selçuk Kalelioğlu (@selcukkalelioglu) on Jul 27, 2017 at 9:16am PDT<br /><br />Bus submerged under bridge in western Istanbul<br /><br /> Aksaray yine sular altında A post shared by Selçuk Kalelioğlu (@selcukkalelioglu) on Jul 27, 2017 at 9:13am PDT<br /><br />Fire after crane collapse<br /><br /> Kadikoy #istanbul #yağmur #fırtına #boğaz #kadıköy #patlama #sondakika #haber #haberler #yangın #haydarpaşa A post shared by 360istanbul (@360istanbul) on Jul 27, 2017 at 9:40am PDT<br /><br />Firefighters battle to put out lightning fires<br />
