The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey on Monday killed and injured more than 5,200 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria 36 hours later, and tens of thousands were injured. A state of emergency has been declared in 10 provinces of Turkey. Countless buildings have fallen like dominoes. I am afraid that there are many people trapped in the rubble. The World Health Organization said there were 23 million people in the quake zone, including 1.4 million children. The death toll could rise to 20,000 in the coming days as personnel from various countries arrive to search for survivors or find more victims buried under the rubble people. (Photo: Associated Press, Archyde.com, Internet)
A few hours after the main earthquake, there were 7.5 magnitude and nearly 300 aftershocks in the disaster area yesterday. As of yesterday morning, in Turkey alone, at least 3,549 people have died, more than 20,000 people have been injured, and nearly 6,000 buildings have collapsed. The death toll in Syria also rose to more than 1,700. Every second counts in the search and rescue operation, and help is coming from all over the world. According to Turkish authorities, at least 2,660 people from 65 countries including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia have come to Turkey to assist in the search and rescue of survivors. There are also 629 cranes and 360 vehicles. Turkey has also opened its airspace to allow materials from all over the world to be transported to the disaster area. 300,000 blankets and more than 40,000 family tents and other equipment have been shipped to Turkey. However, the disaster-stricken areas in southern Turkey and northern Syria are in winter, with biting cold winds and poor network communication. Many roads in the disaster-stricken areas were damaged, making rescue operations more difficult. For example, the temperature in Gaziantep, Turkey near the epicenter was 4 to 6 degrees Celsius during the day and dropped to minus 7 degrees Celsius at night, and the temperature in the mountainous areas was even lower.
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Far water cannot put out a nearby fire. Some reporters said that they received short videos and recorded text messages from residents trapped under the rubble telling them where they live. “They told us where we are, but we can’t do anything.” Turkey needs international help . The voice of a woman shouting for help was heard under the rubble in Hatay, southern Turkey, as the body of a young child lay on the ground nearby. One resident wrung his hands in despair, crying in the freezing rain. He said: “They kept making noises, but no one came to help. We were devastated. They shouted for help, ‘help us’, but we couldn’t save them. How are we going to save them? No one has come since morning. In the middle of the night, the temperature dropped below freezing, and the situation of the people trapped in the rubble or those who lost their homes was even worse.
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Timothy Whiting, a British tourist on vacation in Hatay, said that being woken up by the earthquake was “very scary”. He lived on the second floor of a two-storey homestay, and there was no floor above it. He described the collapse of surrounding buildings as “an atomic bomb explosion”. With so many buildings down, there must be people in the rubble, but there is nothing they can do to save them. In Aleppo, Syria, rescuers lift a newborn baby from a collapsed building, whose mother is believed to have died after giving birth in the rubble. Many netizens expressed heartache and sadness after watching the clip. In addition, good news came out of the area controlled by the Syrian opposition one day after the earthquake yesterday. Search and rescue personnel dug up a little girl in the rubble and dust. She exposed her head with panic and tears in her eyes. Her father encouraged her and said: “Don’t be afraid, Dad is here.” Xing finally managed to save her.
In addition, in a Syrian prison near the Turkish border, at least 20 prisoners escaped in the chaos of the earthquake, believed to be members of the extremist organization “Islamic State”. The facility houses about 2,000 prisoners, about 1,300 of whom are IS fighters.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/International/Earthquake in Turkey Fears 20,000 Deaths-Calls for Help Continue Under the Rubble-/360262?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral