Turkey Earthquake

Turkey Earthquake

'Time has stopped': grieving father relives Turkish quake

The photo of Mesut Hancer holding his dead daughter's hand protruding from the debris, her body crushed and his gaze lost, epitomised the anguish of Turkey's devastating earthquake

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Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1 billion in Syria: World Bank

The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating scores of cities and killing more than 50,000 people in both countries.

1y ago

New Turkey quake: 1 killed, 69 injured

An earthquake shook southeast Turkey today, killing one person, injuring 69 and causing some buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said..It hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria..Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey's Disaster and E

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Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 50,000

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria

1y ago

46-member Bangladesh rescue team returns from Turkey

The 46-member Bangladesh team, which conducted rescue operations in the earthquake ravaged Turkey, returned home this evening

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6 dead, around 300 injured as new quake hits Turkey-Syria border

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said there had been 90 aftershocks

1y ago

Another 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey

The quake hit the town of Defne at 8:04 pm (1704 GMT) and was strongly felt by AFP teams in Antakya and Adana, 200 kilometres (300 miles) to the north

1y ago

Syrian baby born in earthquake adopted by aunt and uncle

On Saturday, her paternal aunt Hala and uncle by marriage Khalil Al-Sawadi finally picked up their niece - whom they named Afraa, after her deceased mother

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Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 46,000; desperation for signs of life

Three people, including a child, were rescued alive. The mother and father survived but the child died later of dehydration, the rescue team said. One older sister and a twin did not make it

1y ago

Body of Ghana footballer Atsu found in Turkey quake rubble: report

There were initial reports he had been rescued a day after the quake, but these turned out to be false.

1y ago

3 rescued from Turkey rubble as quake death toll passes 45,000

While many international rescue teams have left the vast quake zone, survivors were still emerging from under a multitude of flattened homes, defying all the odds

1y ago

Erdogan vows to rebuild, rescue work winds down

Damage assessment of buildings, of which tens of thousands were destroyed, will be completed in a week and reconstruction will begin within months, he said.

1y ago

9 survivors pulled from rubble as Turkey quake death toll tops 41,000

Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold

1y ago

New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

An aid convoy on Tuesday passed through a newly re-opened border crossing into rebel-held north Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week's earthquake, which killed nearly 40,000 people in the region

1y ago

Turkey quake Europe's worst natural disaster in 'a century': WHO

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week's massive earthquake, the epicentre of which was in Turkey, constituted the "worst natural disaster" in 100 years in its Europe region

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Over 7 million children affected: UN

Unicef fears many thousands of children have been killed

1y ago

Saudi plane lands in Syria with aid, first in decade

A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in second city Aleppo today -- the first in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry official told AFP.

1y ago

Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 37,000; hopes fade for survivors

Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday.

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