Rescuers pulled children from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake on Saturday as the death toll approached 24,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering of millions of people, many in desperate need of aid.
At least 870,000 people urgently needed food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the UN warned. Aftershocks following Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor have added to the death toll and further upended the lives of survivors.
NDRF, Turkish Army rescue 8-year-old girl from earthquake-hit Turkey
- National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in coordination with the Turkish Army on Friday rescued an 8-year-old girl from earthquake-hit Turkey.
- The girl was stuck alive under the rubble of a building flattened by the massive earthquake in Nurdagi, Gaziantep in Turkey.
- “Hard work & motivation pays; NDRF team in co-ordination with Turkish Army successfully rescued another live victim (Girl aged 8Yrs) @1545hrs at Loc:Bahceli Evler Mahallesi, Nurdagi, Gaziantep, Turkiye,” the NDRF tweeted.
- The NDRF tweet shared an image of the ongoing rescue operations in Turkey.
Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 24,000
Rescuers pulled children from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake on Saturday as the death toll approached 24,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering of millions of people, many in desperate need of aid. At least 870,000 people urgently needed food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the UN warned. Aftershocks following Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor have added to the death toll and further upended the lives of survivors.
Turkish restaurant owners scramble to feed earthquake survivors
Restaurant owners from across Turkey travelled to Hatay, one of the regions worst-hit by Monday’s devastating earthquake, to dish up kebabs, rice and other hot meals on Friday to disaster survivors. Omer Faruk, who runs a restaurant in Konya in central Turkey, travelled to a tent city housing those who had lost their homes. Some 550 white tents have been erected next to Hatay Stadium – usually used for soccer – in the south of the country.
Rescuers rejoice as more quake survivors emerge from rubble
- Six relatives huddled in a small air pocket, day after day. A desperate teenager grew so thirsty that he drank his own urine. Two frightened sisters were comforted by a pop song as they waited for rescuers to free them. These earthquake survivors were among more than a dozen people pulled out of the rubble alive Friday after spending over four days trapped in frigid darkness following the disaster that struck Turkey and Syria.
Children rescued as Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 24,000
- Rescuers pulled out children Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll approached 24,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering for nearly one million people estimated to be in urgent need of food.
- Five days of grief and anguish have been slowly building into rage at the poor quality of buildings and the Turkish government’s response in the face of the country’s most dire disaster in nearly a century.
Missing Indian’s passport, belongings found under hotel rubble in Turkiye
- The passport and belongings of the 35-year-old Indian man who went missing in Turkiye after the devastating earthquake was recovered on Friday morning after rescue workers cleared the rubble of the hotel where he was believed to have stayed. However, rescue teams are yet to trace him and have extended their search to nearby hospitals.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made his first reported trip to affected areas since the quake, visiting a hospital in Aleppo with his wife Asma, state media reported.
Hundreds of thousands more people have been left homeless and short of food in bleak winter conditions and leaders in both countries have faced questions about their response.
The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in the region in two decades stood at more than 23,700 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria four days after it hit.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week’s huge earthquake.
Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites
