Neither Turkey nor Syria have said how many people are still missing following the earthquake.
ANTAKYA, Turkey – More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing in the country’s worst modern disaster.
Hakan Yasinoglu, in his 40s, was rescued in the southern province of Hatay, 278 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the dead of night on Feb. 6, the Istanbul Fire Brigade said. Aid organizations say the survivors will need help for months to come with so much crucial infrastructure destroyed.
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