Turkey, Syria earthquake death toll tops 11,000 as rescuers fight bitter cold
The death toll in Turkey and Syria has surpassed 11,000 people in the world’s deadliest earthquake disaster in over a decade. The number of victims is climbing quickly two days after earthquakes leveled cities and towns in both countries.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Wednesday in the country’s south, where rescue workers are looking for people still trapped under the rubble in the frigid cold. Temperatures in Gaziantep, near the epicenter in southern Turkey, dropped into the low 20s overnight.
Turkish Airlines evacuated 19,050 people out of the earthquake disaster zone on Tuesday, a spokesperson tweeted. The national airline, which is assisting with evacuation operations, plans to transport an additional 30,000 people on Wednesday, wrote Yahya Ustun.
The majority of planned evacuations will fly from Adana and Gaziantep in the south, and Elazig in central Turkey, he said.
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