Rescuers continued to pull survivors out of the rubble in Turkey on Saturday, even as rescue efforts ended in northwest Syria and emergency workers turned to recovering bodies.
Rescuers continued to pull earthquake survivors out of the rubble in southern Turkey on Saturday, even as rescue efforts ended in northwest Syria and relief workers across the affected regions began to turn their focus to recovering bodies and providing shelter to the displaced.Turkish authorities launched an effort to investigate building contractors for alleged negligence, as public anger mounted over the huge number of casualties in a country prone to earthquakes.
Surviving 130 hours trapped under rubble “is very remarkable but not unheard of,” Christopher Colwell, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, said. “As we get past 130 hours, it becomes more and more remarkable without any access to water.”Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Saturday at least 22,327 people had been killed and more than 80,000 injured in Turkey. In northwest Syria, more than 2,100 people have died.
Four days after a massive earthquake hit southern Turkey on Feb. 6, rescue efforts continued in the hard-hit city of Antakya. Tensions appeared to boil over in Hatay early Saturday, when an Austrian rescue team briefly suspended its operations in the area after “some troubles and aggressions” among angry residents, Marcel Taschwer, a spokesman for the Austrian military, said. None of the Austrians were attacked. Residents of Hatay have accused authorities of neglecting the region in the immediate aftermath of the quakes. The Austrian team resumed operations later Saturday under the protection of Turkish soldiers.
Turkish authorities also arrested at least 98 people Saturday for allegedly looting damaged buildings and defrauding an earthquake victim,Across the border in rebel-held northwest Syria, where little aid has arrived, the Syrian Civil Defense said its rescue efforts in more than 40 cities and villages devastated by the earthquakes had ended. Volunteers with the group, also known as the White Helmets, have shifted their focus to recovering bodies from the rubble.
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