HATAY, Turkey/DAMASCUS - The screams of people still trapped in the rubble filled the night early on Tuesday (Feb 7) and relatives wept for their loved ones as the death toll in Turkey and in neighbouring northwest Syria rose to more than 3,700. The magnitude 7.8 quake rippled through both countries early on Monday, toppling entire apartment blocks, wrecking hospitals,...
Cennet Sucu is rescued under the rubble of collapsed hospital in Iskenderun, Turkey, on Feb 6, 2023.HATAY, Turkey/DAMASCUS - The screams of people still trapped in the rubble filled the night early on Tuesday and relatives wept for their loved ones as the death toll in Turkey and in neighbouring northwest Syria rose to more than 3,700.
In Kahramanmaras, north of Hatay, entire families gathered around fires and wrapped themselves in blankets to stay warm. In Turkey, the death toll stood at 2,316, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said, making it the country's deadliest earthquake since an earthquake of similar magnitude in 1999 that killed more than 17,000. More than 13,000 were reported injured in Monday's quake.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, preparing for a tough election in May, called the quake a historic disaster and said authorities were doing all they could. "We have a patient who was taken into surgery but we don't know what happened," said Tulin, a woman in her 30s, standing outside the hospital, wiping away tears and praying.In Syria, the effects of the quake were compounded by the destruction of more than 11 years of civil war.
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