The number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeded 21 thousand
On the fourth day after the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the death toll continues to rise. 21,051 people were killed in the earthquake, reports Turkish Public Television TRTWORLD. The 72-hour window, in which there is still a chance of people being found alive under the rubble, has passed. The rescue missions turn into ones of recovering the bodies of those trapped under the thousands of collapsed buildings.
In Turkey, the death toll has risen to 17,674, with another 72,879 injured following Monday's strong earthquakes in southern Turkey, Vice President Fuat Oktay said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the situation as the "Disaster of the century". In Syria, the earthquake killed at least 3,377, regime and opposition authorities said. There are still areas affected by the earthquakes, where the intervention teams have not reached. Rows of tents are being erected in stadiums and devastated city centers to house hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, while Mediterranean and Aegean resorts outside the quake zone , open their doors to refugees. Almost 6,500 buildings have collapsed and many others are badly damaged, hundreds of thousands of people do not have a safe shelter, notes Reuters. A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook southeast Turkey and part of Syria on Monday morning. This was followed by another equally strong earthquake and more than 650 aftershocks. Romania and the Republic of Moldova, along with other countries of the world, sent rescuers to Turkey, who managed to pull survivors out of the rubble. Turkey is in mourning. A state of emergency has been declared in 10 provinces.
