Aerial images filmed on Wednesday show the extent of the disaster caused by the two earthquakes that occurred on Monday in Turkey and Syria.
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The main road linking Hatay in Turkey and Aleppo in Syria was completely sheared off by the vibrations of the earthquakes.
The scene is reminiscent of a disaster movie and seems unreal. Deep cracks crisscross the terrain.
A car, overturned on its side, was seen stuck in one of the cracks.
Up to 5.3 million people are at risk of being homeless in Syria following the deadly earthquake devastated entire regions of the country and neighboring Turkey, a senior UN official warned on Friday.
According to the latest official reports, the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, followed by a hundred tremors, killed at least 22,765 people: 19,388 in Turkey and 3,377 (balance unchanged since Thursday ) in Syria.
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The WHO estimates that 23 million people are “potentially exposed, including around five million vulnerable people” and fears a major health crisis that would cause more damage than the earthquake.
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Humanitarian organizations are particularly worried regarding the spread of cholera, which has reappeared in Syria.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visited Friday the bedside of earthquake victims in Aleppo, for the first time since the disaster, according to the presidency.
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According to the latest official reports, the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, followed by a hundred tremors, killed at least 22,765 people: 19,388 in Turkey and 3,377 (balance unchanged since Thursday ) in Syria.
The WHO estimates that 23 million people are “potentially exposed, including around five million vulnerable people” and fears a major health crisis that would cause more damage than the earthquake.
AFP
Humanitarian organizations are particularly worried regarding the spread of cholera, which has reappeared in Syria.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visited Friday the bedside of earthquake victims in Aleppo, for the first time since the disaster, according to the presidency.
