Bristol’s Muslim community are stepping up their efforts to support survivors in what has been the largest and deadliest earthquake to hit Turkey and Syria in decades. Mosques in Bristol are collecting financial donations and warm clothing as people remain outside in freezing temperatures.
More than 11,000 people have been killed and millions more left homeless after the earthquake struck in the early hours of Monday (February 6) in south-west Turkey near the border with Syria. Hopes of finding survivors trapped in the rubble are fading and more than 30,000 people have been injured, with many others losing their homes and livelihoods.
The scale of destruction from the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck on Monday and its powerful aftershocks was so immense and so widespread – including in areas isolated by Syria’s ongoing civil war – that many people are still waiting for help.
