'Like the apocalypse': At least 3,700 confirmed dead after massive earthquakes strike Syria and Turkey

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More than 3,700 dead and over 12,000 injured after massive earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers dig through rubble of collapsed buildings to locate survivors after the magnitude 7.8 quake. Read more:

The magnitude 7.8 quake came before sunrise and was followed in the early afternoon by another large quake of magnitude 7.7.It is already the highest death toll from an earthquake in Turkey since 1999.

The worst tremor to strike Turkey this century, it came before sunrise in harsh weather and was followed in the early afternoon by another large quake of magnitude 7.7."It's bitterly cold and there's heavy rain, and people need saving. In Turkey, the death toll stood at 2,316, Vice President Fuat Oktay said. and 12,068 people were recorded as injured.

Temperatures in some areas were expected to fall to near freezing overnight, worsening conditions for people trapped under rubble or left homeless.A man carries an earthquake victim in the Besnia village near the Turkish border in Idlib province, Syria.It is already the highest death toll from an earthquake in Turkey since 1999, when a tremor of similar magnitude devastated the heavily populated eastern Marmara Sea region near Istanbul, killing more than 17,000.

A White Helmets member carries a child rescued from the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Zardana in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province.Turkish state broadcaster TRT showed a building collapse in the southern province of Adana after the second quake. It was not immediately clear if it was evacuated.

 

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Because Syrians were already doing so well ffs 😩

SBS That's so shocking, those poor people, those buildings didn't look well built.

Ukr is considered this disaster is distracting from them

Thank you for putting “trigger warning”, SBS. And my heart goes out to all the victims of this tragic event 😭😭😭😭

Turkey has been a member of nato since 1952. Will now the western countries assist Turkey as they are doing with the war in Ukraine?

thaitvnews Journalist, you really impressed us. I would like to encourage the people of Turkey to keep fighting

Get out

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What can Australia do to help these people? There must be something we can do?

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