Earthquake deaths pass 33,000; Turkey probes contractors

In Antakya, Turkey, capital of Hatay province, scattered rescue crews were still hard at work but many residents had left by Saturday. (Serdar Ozsoy/Depo Photos, distributed by the Associated Press)

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 33,000 people.

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria rose to 33,179 and was certain to increase as search teams find more bodies.