Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. | Reuters
In Samandag, where the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority AFAD reported one person dead, residents said more buildings collapsed but most of the town had already fled after the initial earthquakes. Mounds of debris and discarded furniture lined the dark, abandoned streets.
Hours earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Turkey that Washington would help “for as long as it takes” as rescue operations in the wake of the Feb. 6 earthquake and its aftershocks were winding down, and focus turned to toward urgent shelter and reconstruction work. Total US humanitarian assistance to support the earthquake response in Turkey and Syria has reached $185 million, the US State Department said.Among the survivors of the earthquakes are about 356,000 pregnant women who urgently need access to health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency has said.
The World Food Programme has also been pressuring authorities in that region to stop blocking access for aid from Syrian government-controlled areas. At the Turkish Cilvegozu border crossing, hundreds of Syrians lined up starting early on Monday to cross.
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