{"id":4227,"date":"2023-02-23T14:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:41:09","slug":"turkey-and-syria-earthquake-death-toll-surpasses-47000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/turkey-and-syria-earthquake-death-toll-surpasses-47000\/2023\/02\/23\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll surpasses 47,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANKARA,<\/span> TURKEY<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> devastating<\/span> earthquake<\/span> that<\/span> struck<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 6<\/span> continues<\/span> to<\/span> rise<\/span> as<\/span> more<\/span> bodies<\/span> are<\/span> recovered<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> of<\/span> destroyed<\/span> buildings.<\/span> increase.<\/span> A<\/span> 6.4-magnitude<\/span> earthquake<\/span> that<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> already<\/span> devastated<\/span> Hatay<\/span> province<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> damaged<\/span> or<\/span> destroyed<\/span> more<\/span> buildings,<\/span> exacerbating<\/span> the<\/span> devastation.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let’s<\/span> take<\/span> a<\/span> look<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> major<\/span> developments<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Death<\/span> toll<\/span> exceeds<\/span> 47,000<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Turkey’s<\/span> Interior<\/span> Minister<\/span> Suleyman<\/span> Soyil<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> increased<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> to<\/span> 43,556<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> magnitude<\/span> 7.8<\/span> earthquake.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> combined<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> now<\/span> stands<\/span> at<\/span> 47,244.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> an<\/span> interview<\/span> with<\/span> state<\/span> broadcaster<\/span> TRT<\/span> late<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> Soylu<\/span> said<\/span> teams<\/span> were<\/span> sifting<\/span> through<\/span> two<\/span> buildings<\/span> in<\/span> hard-hit<\/span> Hatay<\/span> province<\/span> in<\/span> search<\/span> of<\/span> further<\/span> bodies.<\/span> Search<\/span> operations<\/span> elsewhere<\/span> have<\/span> come<\/span> to<\/span> an<\/span> end,<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 164,000<\/span> buildings<\/span> have<\/span> either<\/span> collapsed<\/span> or<\/span> are<\/span> so<\/span> damaged<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> need<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> demolished,<\/span> said<\/span> Murat<\/span> Kurum,<\/span> Turkey’s<\/span> minister<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> environment<\/span> and<\/span> urbanization.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>SYRIANS<\/span> SHELTER<\/span> IN<\/span> TENTS<\/span> AND<\/span> CARS<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> local<\/span> civil<\/span> defense<\/span> in<\/span> northwestern<\/span> Syria,<\/span> known<\/span> locally<\/span> as<\/span> The<\/span> White<\/span> Helmets,<\/span> said<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> children<\/span> and<\/span> tens<\/span> of<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> families<\/span> have<\/span> taken<\/span> shelter<\/span> in<\/span> cars<\/span> and<\/span> tents<\/span> \u201cfearing<\/span> they<\/span> would<\/span> face<\/span> a<\/span> repeat<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>SYRIA<\/span>
\n<\/span>IS<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> Syria<\/span> truffle<\/span> hunters<\/span> are<\/span> deadliest<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span>
\n<\/span>Key<\/span> developments<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> aftermath<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> Syria<\/span> quake<\/span>
\n<\/span>Ex-IS<\/span> bride<\/span> loses<\/span> appeal<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> her<\/span> UK<\/span> citizenship<\/span> restored<\/span>
\n<\/span>New<\/span> quake<\/span> brings<\/span> fresh<\/span> losses<\/span> to<\/span> residents<\/span> of<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> Syria<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> government-held<\/span> Syria,<\/span> a<\/span> first<\/span> plane<\/span> from<\/span> Bahrain<\/span> loaded<\/span> with<\/span> aid<\/span> landed<\/span> in<\/span> Damascus.<\/span> The<\/span> Gulf<\/span> monarchy<\/span> is<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> Arab<\/span> countries<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> sought<\/span> to<\/span> unfreeze<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> President<\/span> Bashar<\/span> Assad<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years<\/span> after<\/span> he<\/span> shunned<\/span> him<\/span> in<\/span> 2011,<\/span> citing<\/span> a<\/span> crackdown<\/span> on<\/span> protesters.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> and<\/span> Egypt,<\/span> key<\/span> US<\/span> allies<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region,<\/span> are<\/span> also<\/span> providing<\/span> assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANKARA, TURKEY (AP) – The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria on February 6 continues to rise as more bodies are recovered from the rubble of destroyed buildings. increase. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the already devastated Hatay province this week damaged or destroyed more buildings, exacerbating the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,1034,2459],"tags":[471,487,1016,1168,1187],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/QUAKETRKY.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}