Search and rescue operations in southern Turkey and northern Syria have entered their third day as the death toll surpassed 9,600 amid a warning from the World Health Organization that time was running out to save those still trapped under earthquake-toppled buildings.
Those efforts – buoyed by an array of international pledges to provide engineers, emergency responders and search dogs – have lasted for two days and two nights following Monday’s earthquakes, which began with an early magnitude 7.8 quake and has included several aftershocks, including a subsequent magnitude 7.6 earthquake.
