Rescue efforts are ongoing in southern Turkey and northern Syria amid freezing temperatures.
The death toll from the earthquake that rattled Turkey and Syria on Monday surpassed 20,000, according to officials in both countries, as rescue workers continue to sift through the rubble left behind from what Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoganThe death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this week climbed tothe death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has climbed to 16,546, with more than 66,100 residents in the country’s southern region injured.
Syria’s health ministry on Thursday said the death toll in government-controlled regions in northern Syria has risen to 1,347, with more than 2,200 injured, according toThe death toll in rebel-held areas in northwestern Syria—where residents had already been relying on humanitarian aid from the country’s decade-long civil war—increased to 1,930, according to theThat puts the total number of casualties above the number...
estimated Monday night, after the earthquake and a 7.5 magnitude aftershock just minutes later rattled Turkey and Syria, and as sub-freezing temperatures and more than 300 smaller aftershocks complicated rescue operations.How much more the death toll will climb.
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