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Dramatic rescues as Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 25,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescuers pulled children and the elderly from the rubble Saturday as miraculous survival stories coincided with hasty mass burials five days after an earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, leaving almost 25,000 dead.

AFP

U.N. aid chief says world must remember those displaced by quake in Turkey and Syria

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths appealed on Saturday to remember thousands of people who needed shelter and food while rescuers kept searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.

Reuters

Woman follows grandfather in helping Turkish victims

More than a century ago, Tsukiko Watari's grandfather helped raise money for victims of a Turkish shipwreck off Japan. She is now following in his footsteps by putting on a charity show to help people affected by the recent massive earthquake in Turkey.

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Turkish woman dies day after her rescue following 104 hours under quake rubble

A woman died in hospital on Saturday a day after she was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Turkey, where she had been trapped for 104 hours since Monday's devastating earthquake, rescuers said.

Reuters

After Turkey's quake, some people left homeless say they haven't eaten in days

In a camp in Gaziantep and in makeshift settlements in the fields around it, survivors of Monday's quake say they do not have enough food, water, heating or basic amenities to keep themselves alive.

WEKU

Rescue teams find more survivors of devastating quakes

Rescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria

The Independent UK

Turkish company to send ships to house 3,000 in earthquake zone

Turkey's Karadeniz Holding said on Saturday it would send two humanitarian aid ships that can each house 1,500 people to help the relief effort in the southern province of Hatay, hit by a major earthquake that has claimed more than 20,000 lives.

Reuters

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Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey after earthquake death toll exceeds 24,000

Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey after this week’s devastating earthquake.

The Independent UK

Aid trickles in as death toll from Turkey-Syria quakes surpasses 24,000

International aid was trickling into parts of Turkey and Syria on Saturday where rescuers toiled to pull children from rubble in areas devastated by a massive earthquake that has killed over 24,000 people.

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Spain, Turkey and France update travel advice for UK visitors

Over the past week travel advice for Spain, France and Turkey has been updated

Liverpool Echo

Earthquake compounds Turkish leader's woes as election nears

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 20 years ago riding a wave of public outrage toward the previous government’s handling of a deadly earthquake

The Independent UK

Miracle rescues as quake toll passes 25,000

 Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead.

Bangkok Post

Survivors ever fewer in quake rubble of Turkey and Syria

Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria on Saturday five days after one of the region's worst natural disasters whose death toll neared 26,000 and looked set to rise far higher.

Reuters

'We need everything': Aid workers call for urgent help for Syrian quake victims

Syria's opposition-controlled enclave of Idlib, on the border with Turkey, is reeling from Monday's deadly earthquakes. The region has already been devastated by years of civil war, and aid agencies now say the need for international assistance is urgent.

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Turkey-Syria earthquake: death toll passes 25,000 as Erdoğan warns against looting – as it happened

Rescue efforts continue as UN warns hundreds of thousands of people urgently need food in wake of disaster

France 24

Survivors still being rescued five days after Turkey-Syria quake as toll tops 28,000

Rescue crews on Saturday pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the enormous quake that struck a border region of Turkey and Syria five days ago surpassed 28,000. Rescuers also pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the…

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Aid trickles in as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 24,000

Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing (Syria) (AFP) - International aid was trickling into parts of Turkey and Syria on Saturday where rescuers toiled to pull children from rubble in areas devastated by a massive earthquake that has killed over 24,000 people.

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Turkey-Syria Earthquake Death Toll Crosses 24,000

Rescuers pulled out children on Friday (local time) from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll crossed 24,000, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Read further On Dynamite News:

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‘My eyes were full of tears’: shooting the defining image of the Turkey earthquake

Adem Altan came across a father holding his dead daughter’s hand – who asked him to take her photo

Reuters

Cuba to send medics to Turkey, Syria to assist in earthquake relief

Cuba prepared on Friday to send healthcare workers to Turkey and Syria, joining a growing group of nations providing rescue and medical aid to the region after a devastating earthquake this week.

Bangkok Post

Quake death toll above 23,000 in Turkey, Syria

The death toll in Turkey and Syria from this week’s catastrophic earthquake surpassed 23,600 on Friday as relief organisations struggled to overcome an array of obstacles to deliver aid to survivors in both countries.

AFP

Turkey tremor evokes questions over building standards

Istanbul (AFP) - The apartments they once industriously spent so long saving up for, decorating and making comfortable now lie in a heap of rubble after a violent quake hit Turkey.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 11 February 2023

Entire regions of Turkey and Syria lie in ruins after Monday's catastrophic earthquakes. As the death toll soars, the clear gap is opening in how the world responds to these beleagured nations.

Bangkok Post

First Thai team arrives in quake-hit Turkey

The first Thai rescue team arrived in Istanbul on Friday while the Public Health Ministry announced its readiness to send an army medical team on Saturday, said the ministry's deputy permanent secretary Dr Narong Apikulwanich.

AAP

Three Australians feared dead in earthquake

Two Australian men and a woman are believed to have died in the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, killing at least 22,000 people.

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