Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake rises to 44,000

THE DEATH TOLL has risen to more than 44,000 from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, with rescue operations expected to mostly cease tomorrow.

State news agency Anadolu initially reported today that three people were found alive nearly two weeks after the the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit on 6 February but later reported that one of them, a 12-year-old, had died. In the surrounding Hatay province, teams pulled four people alive from the rubble yesterday, including a 45-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy.

The quake, in one of the world’s most active seismic zones, hit populated areas as people slept, many of them in homes that had not been built to resist such powerful tremors.The disaster has put pressure on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the slow response to the quake and why his government allowed such poor-quality buildings to be erected.

The building where he died, a 12-storey luxury block of flats, was built in 2013 when Turkey had tougher rules on construction.

Just make sure you don’t refer to any of the victims as fat, or attempt to presume their gender. Then it’s okay 🙏🏻

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