the looters earthquake The events of last Monday brought the death toll to more than 7,200, including 5,434 in Peru, where more than 31,000 were also injured.
In Turkey, where magnitude-7.7 and magnitude-7.6 quakes were the epicenter, the latest tally puts the death toll at 5,434 and the number of injured at 31,777, according to data released by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca from Hatay – one of the most affected.
Faced with this catastrophe, the Turkish government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency in the ten affected provinces for three months.
The head of state had already assured last Monday that these earthquakes represent the biggest catastrophe the country has suffered since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake in eastern Turkey, which killed more than 32,000 people.
The most recent figure shows 435 low-intensity aftershocks in the affected areas. More than 60,000 people work in rescue duties and debris clearance in an apparatus that employs more than 100 aircraft and helicopters.
Likewise, the earthquake destroyed a total of 5,000 775 buildings. Aftershocks and low temperatures complicate rescue tasks and reduce the chances of finding survivors as the hours pass.
Syria has been embroiled in civil war for twelve years. Information about the victims comes from the government of Bashar al Asad on the one hand and from the last enclave of the opposition-controlled country on the other.
This shows that a total of 1832 people died in this country and another 3849 were injured.
Even before the earthquakes, Syria was experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis since the 2011 Damascus uprisings and the war that followed. with 90% of the population trapped in poverty, lack of basic food and millions displaced. (EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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