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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul, Deniz Barış Narlı, Oliver Holmes, and Patrick Wintour

‘Catastrophic’ earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills at least 4,300 people

International rescue missions were rushing to Turkey and Syria on Monday after one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the region in at least a century left more than 4,300 people dead, thousands injured and an unknown number trapped in the rubble.

The early-morning quake and dozens of aftershocks wiped out entire apartment blocks in Turkey and heaped more destruction on Syrian communities already devastated by over a decade of war.

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