
Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep, Turkey and Harem, Syria – While rescuers continue to work frantically to save survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Turkey, the chances of finding many more people alive are fading rapidly more than 72 hours after the devastating earthquakes.
Turkey’s President Erdogan said at least 14,000 people died in the country from the earthquakes on Monday, while 3,162 people died in Syria, bringing the confirmed total to more than 17,000.