Death toll from earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeds 45000

  • 18/02/2023

Turkey, Feb 18: More than 45,000 people died as a result of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and the death toll is expected to rise, with many still missing. The worst disaster in Turkey's modern history destroyed about 264,000 apartments. Eleven days after the earthquake, three survivors were pulled from the rubble in Turkey on Friday.

Mosques around the world held absentee prayers on Friday for the dead in Turkey and Syria, many of whom could not be buried naturally due to the scale of the disaster. While many international rescue teams left the wide quake zone, local teams continued to search through the rubble of destroyed buildings on Saturday, hoping to find more survivors who braved the odds.

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