Increase in the number of earthquake casualties in Turkey and Syria
Heavy rainfall has hindered rescue operations in earthquake-stricken areas in Turkey and Syria. The World Health Organization predicts a significant increase in the number of victims of the major earthquake in southern Turkey and northwestern Syria. The number of injured has been reported as 15,000.
Early morning on Monday, February 6th, two strong earthquakes shook a large area in southern Turkey and near the border with northwestern Syria.
Rescue operations and efforts to save the trapped individuals are still ongoing, but rescuers are facing winter cold and a mountain of rubble and bricks.
Turkey announced that so far, over 2,600 rescuers from 65 countries around the world have been deployed to assist Turkish rescuers in the earthquake-affected areas.
Experts say that this earthquake was one of the strongest in Turkey’s history. Those who were present in these southern regions of Turkey say that the tremors lasted for about 2 minutes.
11 minutes after the first earthquake, strong aftershocks were felt in central Turkey. At 13:30 local time, another powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 shook these areas.
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