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Baby just 10-days-old rescued from Turkey earthquake rubble after 90 HOURS

According to the latest official figures, the 7.7-magnitude earthquake - branded the "disaster of the century" by Turkish leader Recept Tayyip Erdogan - has claimed the lives of at least 17,674 people and another 3,377 in Syria

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023

A deadly building flaw common in California brings destruction and misery to Turkey

LOS ANGELES — As seismic engineers study the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 20,000 people this week, it's becoming clear that a significant cause of the destruction involved a building design common in California and other parts of the U.S.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023

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Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria, killing more than 22,000.

The Times of India · Feb 10, 2023

Enmities from Syrian civil war obstruct a quake aid convoy

An aid convoy from Syria's Kurdish-led region to earthquake-hit areas of the northwest was turned back on Thursday, failing to reach those in need in the latest example of how relief efforts are being complicated by civil war enmities.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

Satellite images reveal fault line through city near epicentre of Turkey’s deadly earthquake

Images capture extent of devastation and destruction left behind by deadly earthquake

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Syrian White Helmets chief slams U.N. earthquake response

The head of the Syrian "White Helmets" emergency response group accused the United Nations on Friday of failing to deliver appropriate humanitarian aid to rebel-held areas of the country ravaged by a major earthquake and its aftershocks.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

Pressure mounts on UN to provide urgent support to north-western Syria

Rescue teams say death tolls will continue to rise if UN does not speed up ‘overly cautious’ delivery of aid into rebel-held region

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Children found alive as quake toll tops 22,000

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey: Rescuers pulled children alive on Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the death toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless.

Bangkok Post · Feb 10, 2023

‘Miracle’ baby born in the rubble as her mother died beside her

On a day of death and destruction, a newborn girl fought for her life in the rubble beside her mother’s lifeless body.

Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2023

2 powerful quakes link Turkey, Japan and Syria in suffering

What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023