Quake latest: 40,000 killed; Turkey stocks up

Turkish residents burn books to keep warm as they wait for their relatives to be pulled out from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Turkey's southernmost province of Hatay on Tuesday, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country on Feb 6, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

ANKARA: The death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria surpassed 40,000, as Turkey’s trading resumed following last week’s suspension due to the earthquakes.

The number of dead in Turkey and Syria rose to 40,835 according to Turkish officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which uses a network of activists on the ground. Tens of thousands of people were still missing.