IN PICTURES: Rescuers in Türkiye and Syria brave freezing temperatures to free survivors trapped under rubble. The earthquake has claimed more than 5,000 lives and injured thousands more (Photos: AP, AFP)
rose above 5,000 on Tuesday , with despair mounting and the scale of the disaster hampering relief efforts.
Freezing winter weather hampered search efforts through the night. A woman's voice was heard calling for help under a pile of rubble in the southern Turkish province of Hatay. Nearby, the body of a small child lay lifeless."They're making noises but nobody is coming," he said."We're devastated, we're devastated. My God ... They're calling out. They're saying, 'Save us' but we can't save them.
In Kahramanmaras, north of Antakya, families gathered around fires and wrapped themselves in blankets to stay warm. The Turkish disaster agency said 13,740 search and rescue personnel were deployed and more than 41,000 tents, 100,000 beds and 300,000 blankets had been sent to the region.AFTERSHOCKS Poor Internet connections and damaged roads between some of the worst-hit Turkish cities, homes to millions of people, hindered efforts to assess the impact and plan help.
In Syria, the effects of the quake were compounded by the destruction of more than 11 years of civil war.
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