More than 1,200 people have died after an 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria.
According to the country's president, Recep Erdogan says 912 people were killed in Turkey alone while 5,383 have been confirmed injured so far. Over 320 people have been killed in Syria and rescue workers are continuing to search through rubble in cities and towns across affected areas.
On both sides of the border, residents awoke just before dawn as the quake began flattening buildings and causing major aftershocks. Buildings were devastated in the Turkish city of Adana, while further east in Diyarbakir, cranes and rescue teams rushed people on stretchers out of a mountain of destroyed concrete that used to be an apartment building.
