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  • Turkey earthquake: Teen trapped underneath rubble for 94 hours drank urine to outlive

    A 17-year-old teen, who obtained trapped underneath the rubble on Monday, was rescued within the Turkish metropolis of Gaziantep after nearly 4 days.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 11, 2023 09:16 IST

    After being trapped underneath the rubble for almost 4 days, Adnan Muhammet Korkut was lastly rescued. (Image: Twitter)

    By India Today Web Desk: In the wake of the devastating earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria, a 17-year-old boy, who obtained trapped underneath the rubble on Monday, was rescued after nearly 4 days.

    The teen mentioned that whereas he was trapped, he “drank his own urine and ate his family’s flowers to survive”, in line with a report in ABC News.

    Adnan Muhammet Korkut was caught underneath the particles for not less than 94 hours within the Turkish metropolis of Gaziantep. He was asleep in his household’s house when the quake hit, and he then “got into the foetal position”.

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    As the seek for survivors carried on, Korkut mentioned he was “hearing voices, but I was worried they couldn’t hear me”, ABC information reported.

    But after 4 days, he was lastly freed.

    The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has claimed greater than 24,000 lives in Turkey and Syria. Victims, younger and previous, proceed to be rescued greater than 100 hours after the catastrophe struck, though hopes are ­fading for these nonetheless trapped underneath the rubble.

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    Feb 11, 2023

  • Drone footage reveals big fissures brought on by large earthquake in Turkey

    One jagged scar of naked and cracked earth, opened up by Monday’s quake, minimize deep into embankments and ran alongside expanses of open land as much as the horizon close to the city of Tevekkeli, in Turkey’s southern province of Kahramanmaras.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 11, 2023 07:57 IST

    Aerial view reveals cracks within the floor within the aftermath of a lethal earthquake, close to the Tevekkeli village in Kahramanmaras. (Image: Reuters)

    By India Today Web Desk: With the window for rescue closing quickly after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, greater than 24,000 persons are already confirmed lifeless and an unknown quantity nonetheless lie trapped.

    The large earthquake that struck the area, flattened buildings and destroyed lives, additionally prompted big and broad fissures to slice throughout fields, roads, streams and hillsides.

    Drone footage reveals one jagged scar of naked and cracked earth, opened up by Monday’s quake, minimize deep into embankments and ran alongside expanses of open land as much as the horizon close to the city of Tevekkeli, in Turkey’s southern province of Kahramanmaras, as reported by Reuters.

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    Near the village of Tepehan, big gorges minimize via groves near a home, leaving islands of grey-brown land and timber perched on the sting of recent precipices. Other timber lay uprooted on their sides.

    When the fissures fractured a freeway, it smashed the tarmac and metallic limitations. Huge boulders had tumbled down the hills on the aspect of the highway.

    The mixed loss of life toll from the deadliest quake within the area in twenty years that struck southern Turkey and Syria stood at greater than 24,000 on Friday.

    Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old child and his mom on Friday after they had been trapped within the ruins of a constructing in Turkey and dug a number of folks from different websites as President Tayyip Erdogan stated the authorities ought to have acted quicker.

    (With inputs from Reuters)

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    Feb 11, 2023