Infrastructure to blame for high Syria earthquake death toll

Civil defence teams working to rescue people trapped under collapsed buildings in Syrian town of Jinderes [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]

Jinderes, Syria – More than 50 hours since two devastating earthquakes struck northwestern Syria and southern Turkey, civil defence members and rescue teams are still working around the clock in an attempt to rescue people still stuck under the collapsed buildings.

Numbers are expected to continue to rise, with a vast area affected, and hundreds of families still stuck under the debris.