Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake.
The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 9,400, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade.
That surpassed the 8,800 killed in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015, making it the deadliest quake in a decade.
Turkey now has some 60,000 aid personnel in the quake-hit zone, but with the devastation so widespread many are still waiting for help.
Nearly two days after the magnitude 7.8 quake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, rescuers pulled a 3-year-old boy, Arif Kaan, from beneath the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Kahramanmaras, a city not far from the epicenter.
He is one of around 8,000 people who have been rescued from the rubble alive, according to Turkey’s Disaster Management Authority.
But such stories were few more than two days after Monday’s pre-dawn earthquake, which hit a huge area and brought down thousands of buildings, with frigid temperatures and ongoing aftershocks complicating rescue efforts.
Search teams from more than two dozen countries joined the Turkish emergency personnel, and aid pledges poured in.
But with devastation spread multiple several cities and towns — some isolated by Syria’s ongoing conflict — voices crying from within mounds of rubble fell silent, and despair grew from those still waiting for help.
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THERE IS A LOT MORE THAN THOSE 9000. THE GOVERNMENT JUST DOESN'T WANT TO TELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE LEFT TO THEIR DEATH BY THE GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE NOT SENDING RESCUE TEAMS ANYMORE. PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE DYING BEACUSE OF COLD AND HUNGER BUT NOT BEACUSE EARTHQUAKE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BE SAVED ARE DYING NONSTOP.
THE GOVERNMENT IS BLOCKING THE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND BLOCKING THE HELP LOCAL PEOPLE SENDS TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
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Why would the president, ( i use the term loosely) bring up a disaster during the state of the union? This public appearance is to tell us what a fine job he is doing for our country, and what the plans are for our future. Not to talk about Turkey. It's Turkey; maybe their leader will chill his jets for a while and stop playing gangster, like the Nazi jerk in the Ukraine. Just remember that Mumbles couldn't find his ass with both hands.
The US don't have money. But they will still give them billions?
Curious how Turkey 🇹🇷 recently sided against NATO and now an earthquake happened.
Just sayin ….
Rest In Peace 💐
Horrible stuff, I hope global aid is fast and put to work ASAP 🙏