Race for Turkey-Syria earthquake survivors as death toll soares above 8,500
Turkey’s disaster agency has raised the death toll from the earhtquake again, Reuters reports. In Turkey, the figures now stand at 8,700 killed as reported by some global media sources.
The number of those injured there rose to 37,011, the agency said, adding that more than 79,000 personnel were engaged in search and rescue operations mo the Turkish side of the border.
With Syria’s death toll climbing to 2,470, the combined number of people killed in the disaster currently stands at 8,704, and is exopected to contiune to rise throughout the day.
With the devastating effects, it could be recorded as one of the highest death toll a disaster has imposed. Officials and disaster experts have already noticed that the Turkey-Syria quake is one of the worse disasters of the century.
In Turkey, it’s the second devastating occurrence since 1984. But with the rising deaths and casualties, it will be more unsurprising if it turns out to be the worse disaster of the country.
Rescuers effort to save lives began hours after the quake and efforts are still ongoing as rescuers work in a more compromised environment and weather conditions marked with rain and snow reported Sky News.
Rescuers efforts especially on survivors in the last hours means compromised conditions would not deter rescue mission.
At least 125 aftershocks measuring 4.0 or greater have occurred since the quake, according to the United States Geological Survey.
While the frequency and magnitude of aftershocks are decreasing as is expected, 5.0-6.0 magnitude shocks are still possible and could cause further damage.
Up to 23 million people, including 1.4 million children, could be affected by the quake, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calling efforts to help them a “race against time.”
On Tuesday, two adults and two children were pulled from rubbles of a one seven-story building in Gaziantep in Southern Turkey with more people believed to be under the rubbles after screaming been heard.
A whole family were also rescued from rubbles in Southern Turkey with a pulled girl smiling at rescuers.
News summary
- Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll stands at 8,704 as at Wednesday
- Rescue efforts are ongoing despite poor weather conditions- rain and snow
- At least 125 aftershocks have been recorded with more expected to occur
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