Tag: earthquake
Syria’s White Helmets pull miracles of life from earthquake rubble – BBC Newsnight
Some of the numbers attached to the horrors of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria are hard to comprehend. More than 11,000 people are now known to have died, a number that will rise dramatically. According to the United Nations that death toll is likely to include several thousand children. More than eight thousand people have been rescued from debris and more than 380,000 are seeking…
Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll rises to more than 11,000 – BBC News
More than 11,000 people are known to have died following a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. Turkish officials have said 8,574 people have died in the country. It is understood that the number of confirmed deaths so far in Syria is 2,662. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Turkey #Syria #BBCNews
Thousands of earthquake victims still wait for outside help – BBC News
Days after parts of Turkey and Syria were devastated by earthquakes many communities are still waiting for any outside help. Many thousands of people are known to have died and many more are feared to be trapped under rubble awaiting rescue. Other survivors are living without food, shelter and water in freezing temperatures. The scale of the disaster means that aid and rescue teams have…
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…
More than 600 dead after deadly earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early on February 6, 2023, killing more than 600 as buildings toppled across the region. Rescuers are now racing against time to save survivors under the rubble. The quake was reportedly one of the most powerful to hit the region in at least a century. Related…