According to Turkey’s civil protection agency AFAD, the official death toll rose to 12,873 on Thursday, four days after the earthquake that hit Turkey, while the number of injured has already topped 63,000.
At dawn today, rescuers managed to pull a 16-year-old boy alive from the rubble, but hopes for other miracles are dwindling as the hours pass.
Local experts estimate that tens of thousands of people are still trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, although there is no information on the situation in most of the cities in the 10 provinces affected by the quake.
While the official death toll in Syria now stands at 3,162 and the number of injured at 5,235, rescue efforts are underway in the country’s five hardest-hit provinces and there is little hope of finding survivors.
More than 1,900 dead and 2,950 injured in the opposition-held regions of Idlib and Aleppo (northwest), according to the latest tally by the White Helmets, a rescue group active in Syria’s opposition areas.
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Rescuers warned the number could continue to rise as large numbers of people were trapped under rubble on the fourth day of relief following Monday’s initial quake and several aftershocks afterward.
Yesterday, 1,262 people were killed and 2,285 injured in areas controlled by Bashar Assad’s government, which did not update its figures.
Syrian authorities announced yesterday that about 293,000 people have been evacuated from their homes due to earthquakes in government areas, and about 180 emergency shelters have been set up to accommodate people who have lost their homes or whose homes have been severely damaged.
Source: Ultimahora
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