Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble after an earthquake tore through Turkey and Syria.
United States Agency for International Development deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team after devastating earthquakes in Turkiye to join efforts to search for survivors in Fairfax, Virginia, United States on February 7, 2023.Turkey is home to millions of refugees from the war. The affected area in Syria is divided between government-controlled territory and the country's last opposition-held enclave, where millions rely on humanitarian aid to survive.
But authorities faced criticism from residents of hard-hit Hatay, sandwiched between Syria and the Mediterranean Sea, who say rescue efforts have lagged. Erdogan's handling of the crisis could weigh heavily on elections planned for May, and his office has already dismissed the criticism as disinformation.
A man reacts as he sits next to a child lying in a bed at a hospital, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 7, 2023.Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 1,647 people were killed in Hatay alone, the highest toll of any Turkish province. At least 1,846 people had been rescued there as of Tuesday evening, he said. Hatay's airport was closed after the quake destroyed the runway, complicating rescue efforts.
"Teams are present in those locations, but the available machinery and equipment are not enough," he said, adding that the first 72 hours were crucial for any rescue effort.Muhammet Ruzgar, 5, is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building, following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023.U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the road leading to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing — the only terminal through which U.N.
A navy ship docked on Tuesday at the province's port of Iskenderun, where a hospital collapsed, to transport survivors in need of medical care to a nearby city.
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