(UPDATED) ADANA, Turkey -- Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, February 7, 2023, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble...
-- Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, February 7, 2023, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region.
Tens of thousands who were left homeless in Turkey and Syria faced a night in the cold. In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a provincial capital about 33 kilometers from the epicenter, people took refuge in shopping malls, stadiums, mosques and community centers. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning.
In the rebel-held enclave, hundreds of families remained trapped in rubble, the opposition emergency organization known as the White Helmets said in a statement. The area is packed with some four million people displaced from other parts of the country by the war. Many live in buildings that are already wrecked from military bombardments.
The US Geological Survey measured Monday’s quake at 7.8, with a depth of 18 kilometers . Hours later, a 7.5 magnitude temblor, likely triggered by the first, struck more than 100 kilometers away. Bitterly cold temperatures could reduce the time frame that rescuers have to save trapped survivors, said Dr. Steven Godby, an expert in natural hazards at Nottingham Trent University. The difficulty of working in areas beset by civil war would further complicate rescue efforts, he said.
In the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, rescuers pulled two children alive from the rubble, and one could be seen lying on a stretcher on the snowy ground. Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk said a woman was pulled out alive in Gaziantep after a rescue dog detected her.
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