NEW DELHI: Rabia Topuz still shudder with fear recalling the horror-filled February 6 early morning when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake ripped through her home country of Türkiye and northern Syria, resulting in thousands of people dying, tens of thousands injured and seeking shelter in cars, factories, mosques, shopping centres and other administrative buildings.
It was around 4 am local time when Rabia, asleep at her home in the city of Malatya, was shaken from her sleep by the deadliest earthquake ever to hit Türkiye, hearing screams all around and people rushing into the streets to find a safe place to hide.