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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Mass burials held as death toll continues to rise

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Mass burials were held in Turkey and Syria on February 9, 2023, as the death toll from a massive earthquake that struck the two countries on February 6 continues to rise. At least 21,000 people were confirmed killed by the magnitude 7.8 quake according to figures from the two countries as of the morning of February…

Have Turkey’s building designs impacted the earthquake death toll? – BBC Newsnight

As the consequences of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have become clear, attention has turned to why the impact has been so great.    For example, a 2014 quake just off the coast of Chile – slightly larger at a magnitude of 8.2 – resulted in just 7 fatalities.    Anger is growing in Turkey that poor enforcement of regulations contributed to the…

Turkey president accepts problems with earthquake response as death toll passes 16,000 – BBC News

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted that his government encountered problems in its response to two catastrophic earthquakes. However, he also defended his government’s response, saying it was “impossible” to prepare for the scale of the disaster. Critics claimed the emergency services’ response was too slow and the government was poorly prepared. Erdogan said unity was required in the aftermath of the disaster, with…

WATCH LIVE: Death toll surpasses 15,000 in Turkey and Syria after earthquakes

Rescuers continue to search for survivors trapped in the rubble four days after major earthquakes in Turkey knocked down many buildings in the nation’s southeast and in neighbouring Syria. Source: AP / Rudaw How to help: Unicef Hong Kong www.unicef.org.hk Oxfam www.oxfam.org.hk Save the Children www.savethechildren.org.hk World Vision Hong Kong worldvision.org.hk Red Cross www.redcross.org.hk MSF (Doctors Without Borders) www.doctorswithoutborders.org Turkish Consulate General Hong Kong hongkong.cg.mfa.gov.tr

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll surges as rescuers warn time running out – BBC News

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors in southern Turkey and northern Syria after two huge earthquakes on Monday. More than 9,000 people are now known to have been killed, and there are warnings the death toll could continue to surge. Rescuers have spent a second freezing-cold night searching for survivors under the rubble – but time is running out. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Turkey #Syria…

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