Ankara: Death toll from deadly earthquakes that rattled Turkey and Syria has risen to about 8000. The number of injured has reached close to 25 thousand. More than 70 countries have come forward to help both the countries.
The World Health Organization says that the death toll can cross 20 thousand.
In Turkey, 5,894 people have lost their lives and more than 34 thousand 810 people have been reported injured. 1,932 people were killed in Syria and more than 2 thousand were injured. In this way the death toll has risen to 7,926.
8 thousand people have been saved in Turkey. More than 24 thousand rescuers have been deployed for the rescue operation.
Rescuers racing to pull survivors
Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from earthquake rubble before they succumb to cold weather in southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. As the death toll climbed, despair and anger were growing over the pace of rescue efforts. The Latest on the earthquake:
3.80 lakh have taken shelter in govt shelters in Turkey
About 3 lakh 80 thousand people have taken shelter in government shelters and hotels in Turkey.
Orhan Tatar, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Agency's general director (AFAD), said that at least 5,775 buildings collapsed.
On Tuesday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that around 7,500 Turkish soldiers are working in the earthquake-affected region to assist with rescue operations.
Hulusi Akar also said an additional 1,500 personnel would join the team on Wednesday.
Hulusi Akar said that 75 military aircraft have been dispatched to the region.
He added that nine commando battalions have arrived in the region from the west and four commando battalions from Cyprus will arrive in the region as well.
Newborn girl saved from beneath the rubble in Syria
A newborn girl has been saved by rescuers from beneath the rubble of a building in north-west Syria that was destroyed by an earthquake on Monday.
Her mother went into labour soon after the disaster and gave birth before she died, a relative said. Her father, four siblings and an aunt were also killed.
Dramatic footage showed a man carrying the baby, covered in dust, after she was pulled from debris in Jindayris.
Snow and blizzard complicate rescue effort in Syria.
More than 40 lakh Syrians were already relying on humanitarian aid, as a result of ongoing civil war. US President Biden has authorised "immediate US response" according to White House. Snow and blizzard conditions complicates the ongoing rescue effort
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