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FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Response to the Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
In the aftermath of the earthquakes on February 6, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. authorized an immediate U.S. response and directed the heads of federal agencies to rapidly mobilize to assist the Government of Türkiye and humanitarian partners in Syria. Across the U.S. government, officials expressed their condolences to the people of Türkiye and Syria as well as their desire to support the humanitarian response….
More than 21,000 people confirmed dead after Turkey-Syria earthquakes – BBC News
More than 21,000 people are now known to have died in Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, which Turkey’s president has called “the disaster of the century”. A major international relief effort is gathering pace. On Thursday, the World Bank pledged $1.78bn (£1.38bn) in aid to Turkey including immediate finance for rebuilding basic infrastructure and to support those affected by the earthquakes. Meanwhile, the efforts…
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…
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
Hong Kong-based man worries for cousin and family buried beneath rubble in Turkey earthquakes
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Rescue efforts are continuing in Turkey, following twin earthquakes that shook the country and neighbouring Syria on February 6, 2022. For relatives of people still missing, waiting for news about loved ones has been agonising, including those who are halfway across the world, such as Hong Kong-based Mehmet Gurtin. He and his family have been unable…
Weather and years of war hamper rescue efforts after deadly Turkey and Syria earthquakes – BBC News
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after thousands of buildings collapsed in Turkey and northern Syria in yesterday’s huge earthquakes. An international rescue effort is under way following the quakes that have killed more than 5,000 people across both countries. More than 1,600 people have been reported dead so far in northern Syria following the quake. The region is home to…
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