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  • Turkey-Syria earthquake: Survivors cheat dying for 200 hours, provide ray of hope

    More than per week after a robust earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing greater than 40,000 individuals, survivors are nonetheless being pulled out from the rubble.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 15, 2023 15:22 IST

    A toy bear is seen on a pile of bricks and concrete within the aftermath of a lethal earthquake in Elbistan, Turkey (Photo: Reuters)

    By Gaurav C Sawant: Survivors are nonetheless being pulled from the rubble in Turkey and Syria, greater than per week after a robust earthquake toppled 1000’s of houses, killing greater than 41,000 individuals. Survivors within the quake-hit nations are being pulled out from the ruins after 200 hours, providing a glimmer of hope of discovering extra survivors.

    The catastrophe has ravaged cities in each nations, leaving many survivors homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures. Voices may very well be heard from beneath the rubble. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency in ten provinces for 3 months.

    Two individuals had been rescued alive from the rubble in Turkey’s Hatay on Tuesday, eight days after a devastating earthquake hit the nation.

    Rescuers had been seen transporting a person and a girl who had been caught below the rubble.

    More than per week after the earthquake, the main target of the help effort has shifted to serving to individuals now struggling with out shelter or sufficient meals within the bitter chilly.

    In Syria, a 65-year-old survivor waved to rescuers after being trapped for 208 hours below the rubble.

    “We’re coming, we will save you,” rescuers instructed the 65-year-old survivor trapped below rubble for eight days.

    Rescue footage from the Kocaeli Municipality Fire Department confirmed a 65-year-old Syrian survivor trapped below the rubble for over 208 hours in Hatay’s Antakya district, waved to rescuers after being discovered alive on Tuesday.

    ALSO READ | Smell of lifeless throughout: Turkey-Syria quake toll touches 41,000, voices nonetheless being heard from below rubble

    A Syrian man and a younger lady had been rescued from the rubble of their collapsed constructing on the eight day since a devastating earthquake struck the area, Reuters tv confirmed.

    Emergency employees hoped additional members of the family can be pulled out alive quickly. The pair’s rescue takes the variety of survivors pulled from ruins on Tuesday to 9.

    On Monday, rescuers pulled a 13-year-old boy out from below the rubble of a collapsed constructing in Turkey’s southern Hatay province on

    The teenager held a rescuer’s hand as he was positioned on a stretcher, head braced, and lined for heat, earlier than he was moved into an ambulance.

    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged issues within the preliminary response to the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck early on Feb. 6 however has mentioned the scenario is now below management.

    “We are facing one of the greatest natural disasters not only in our country but also in the history of humanity,” Erdogan mentioned in a televised speech in Ankara.

    ALSO READ | Rescuers pull out extra alive in Turkey at the same time as specialists say ‘window to seek out survivors closing’

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    Feb 15, 2023

  • Turkey earthquake: Mass-grave web site runs out of area as limitless stream of our bodies overwhelms Marash

    With cemeteries in Marash metropolis working out of area, a brand new space had been allotted for burials. But with the earmarked location filling up quick, the realm for the mass-burial web site is being expanded.

    Ankara,UPDATED: Feb 13, 2023 19:11 IST

    As our bodies pile up in earthquake-hit Turkey, a heap of coffins await the lifeless. (Image: India Today)

    By Gaurav C Sawant: Over 5,000 earthquake victims have already been buried in mass graves in Turkey’s Marash metropolis. And the work of digging extra graves with excavators is on as our bodies preserve reaching the mass-grave web site on Monday.

    A police official on the bottom stated Marash, a Turkish metropolis of about 5 lakh folks, would possibly have to bury 10,000 earthquake victims. Marash is formally generally known as Kahramanmaras.

    With cemeteries in Marash metropolis working out of area, a brand new space had been allotted for burials. But with the earmarked location filling up quick, the realm for the mass-burial web site is being expanded.

    There is an limitless stream of automobiles bringing within the our bodies of earthquake victims and a heap of coffins await the lifeless. After rituals, the our bodies are being buried within the mass-grave web site.

    The dying toll from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 rose above 34,000. It regarded all set to develop additional as possibilities of discovering survivors grew more and more distant.

    Some of the graves solely have numbers whereas others have names. Relatives of the deceased additionally struggled to search out the names and numbers on the graves which have picket stubs, as a substitute of tombstones.

    The work to clear the rubble from destroyed buildings is on. Search-and-rescue staff are additionally stumbling upon our bodies as they work to clear the particles.

    There is anger among the many locals in Marash metropolis. People really feel lives may have been saved had the authorities acted promptly. People are additionally blaming builders for developing buildings that could not face up to the earthquake.

    ALSO READ | Man pulled out of rubble 160 hours after large Turkey earthquake

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    Feb 13, 2023

  • Man pulled out of rubble 160 hours after large Turkey earthquake

    The toll from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 5, rose above 34,000 and regarded set to continue to grow as probabilities of discovering survivors grew extra distant.

    Antaktya,UPDATED: Feb 13, 2023 13:09 IST

    The toll from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 5 has surpassed 34,000. (Image: AP)

    By Reuters: Rescue groups from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus pulled a person alive from a collapsed constructing on Sunday 160 hours after the earthquake in Turkey, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations mentioned.

    “Rescue work to remove the man from the rubble lasted more than four hours,” the ministry mentioned on the Telegram messaging platform on Monday, alongside a video exhibiting rescuers pulling a person from the rubble and carrying him away.

    “The work was carried out at night with a risk to life coming from a possible collapse of structures.”

    The toll from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 5, rose above 34,000 and regarded set to continue to grow as probabilities of discovering survivors grew extra distant.

    Russia despatched a staff of rescuers final week to Turkey and Syria after Russian President Vladimir Putin talked to the leaders of each international locations.

    ALSO READ | Turkey earthquake: Impressed by Indian medical staff, Turkish couple assist locals by helping medical doctors

    ALSO READ | Turkey-Syria Quake: Pictures inform the story of loss of life and destruction

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    Feb 13, 2023

  • Tukey earthquake: Over 5,000 our bodies buried at mass cemetery, family hunt for graves

    Turkish authorities saved digging graves in a forest at Maras because the variety of lifeless our bodies beneath the rubbles continued to develop.

    Ankara,UPDATED: Feb 12, 2023 23:40 IST

    Rescuers evacuate a lady saved from rubbles in Hatay. (Image: AFP)

    By Gaurav C Sawant: At least 5,000 our bodies have been buried as of Sunday within the mass cemetery of Turkey’s Maras. A big a part of the pine forest was cleared to dig mass graves to bury the our bodies recovered from the rubble of buildings flattened by a sequence of earthquakes within the nation final week.

    The native administration’s hearse vans saved bringing dozens of our bodies each jiffy all through the day.

    The family of the deceased struggled to search out the names and numbers on the graves, which had picket stubs as an alternative of tombstones. The machines have been put to work across the clock to dig extra graves.

    ALSO READ | Thousands flee from earthquake-hit areas in Turkey, airways supply free tickets

    Several makeshift tents have been arrange, and households are being helped to scrub our bodies and carry out prayers earlier than burial. The variety of graves was anticipated to rise considerably as extra areas had been dug.

    Rescue operations entered the seventh day on Sunday as rescuers scoured particles to search for survivors after a large earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing greater than 33,000 individuals in one of many area’s worst disasters for a century.

    The demise toll continues to rise amid widespread devastation and chilly as starvation and despair gripped a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals left homeless by the tremors. Several individuals trapped beneath the rubble had been rescued on Saturday evening.

    EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY, SYRIA

    Huge earthquakes struck Turkey, leaving over 33,000 individuals lifeless and several other thousand injured or displaced.

    The first quake, close to Gaziantep near the Syrian border, measured 7.8 in magnitude. The second occurred 9 hours later, and measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.

    The earthquakes have wreaked devastation in Turkey and Syria, with search and rescue operations persevering with unabated since tragedy struck the 2 nations.

    ALSO READ | Turkey quake: 2 children pulled out alive after being trapped for five days beneath rubble | Ground Report

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    Feb 12, 2023

  • Thousands flee from earthquake-hit areas in Turkey, airways provide free tickets

    Thousands of individuals fled from earthquake-hit areas in Turkey as airways supplied free tickets to safer locations.

    Ankara,UPDATED: Feb 12, 2023 17:57 IST

    Thousands assembled on the Gaziantep airport to go away for safer locations. (Photo: Reuters/File)

    By Gaurav C Sawant: Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines in Turkey on Sunday introduced free tickets for all these from affected areas to Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya and different safer areas. All school and University hostels and a few resorts in vacationer resorts are being taken to accommodate affected individuals. Thousands of individuals from Gaziantep, Hatai, Nurdagi and Marash have left the affected space.

    Thousands assembled on the Gaziantep airport to go away for safer locations.

    Rescue operations entered the seventh day on Sunday as rescuers scoured particles to search for survivors after a large earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing greater than 28,000 individuals in one of many area’s worst disasters for a century.

    ASLO READ | 134 aftershocks: The floor beneath Turkish toes continued shaking for 2 days

    The dying toll continues to rise amid widespread devastation and chilly as starvation and despair gripped tons of of 1000’s of individuals left homeless by the tremors. Several individuals trapped below the rubble have been rescued on Saturday night time.

    The physique of an Indian nationwide was recovered from below the particles of a lodge in Malatya on Saturday. The Indian Embassy in Turkey knowledgeable that the physique of an Indian nationwide, recognized as Vijay Kumar, was discovered days after a number of earthquakes rocked Turkey.

    Vijay Kumar, who hailed from Kotdwar space of Pauri Garhwal District of Uttarakhand, labored in a Bengaluru firm. He was on a enterprise journey when earthquakes hit Turk

    EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY, SYRIA

    Huge earthquakes struck Turkey, leaving over 26,000 individuals useless and a number of other thousand injured or displaced.

    The first quake, close to Gaziantep near the Syrian border, measured 7.8 in magnitude. The second occurred 9 hours later, and measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.

    The earthquakes have wreaked devastation in Turkey and Syria, with search and rescue operations persevering with unabated since tragedy struck the 2 nations.

    ALSO READ | Turkey quake: 2 children pulled out alive after being trapped for five days below rubble | Ground Report

    ey and Syria earlier this week.

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    Feb 12, 2023

  • Chaos, our bodies and rubble: Over 100 hours and counting, survivors nonetheless being present in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

    Destroyed buildings are seen from above in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 (Photo: AP/File)

    By India Today Web Desk: Six days after highly effective earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, killing greater than 28,000 individuals and leaving thousands and thousands homeless, rescuers have been nonetheless pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins. It has been greater than 100 hours for the reason that tragedy struck and survivors are being pulled out from the rubble after one of many area’s worst pure disasters because the loss of life toll appears set to rise far greater.

    “There is chaos, rubble and bodies everywhere,” mentioned one, whose group had labored in a single day attempting to achieve a college trainer calling them from the rubble.

    Even although consultants say trapped individuals can survive in rubble and might dwell for every week or extra, the chances of discovering extra survivors are shortly waning. The loss of life toll from an enormous earthquake in Turkey and Syria will “double or more” from its present degree of 28,000, UN reduction chief Martin Griffiths has mentioned.

    Here’s what has occurred thus far:

    Three earthquakes occurred one after the opposite in Turkey on February 6. The first quake and probably the most highly effective one thus far struck southern Turkey, close to the northern border of Syria. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre within the metropolis of Gaziantep in Turkey. Gaziantep is residence to thousands and thousands of people that have fled the civil struggle in Syria and different conflicts. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan known as the earthquake the “disaster of the century”.

    RESCUERS FACE LOOTING, HYGIENE BURDEN

    Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria on Saturday. Volunteers struggling to search out ever fewer survivors within the quake-hit Turkish metropolis of Antakya mentioned ransacking and hygiene issues have been including to their daunting process, reported Reuters. While some rescuers complained that looters smashed home windows of automobiles and carried knives, others echoed issues about hygiene, particularly inadequate numbers of working toilets.

    “If people don’t die here under the rubble, they’ll die from injuries, if not, they will die from infection. There is no toilet here. It is a big problem,” a rescuer advised Reuters, including that there have been not sufficient physique luggage for all of the lifeless.

    “The bodies are all over the roads, with only blankets on them,” she added.

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    SURVIVORS GIVE HARROWING ACCOUNTS OF EARTHQUAKES

    As frantic rescue operations proceed, survivors of Monday’s lethal earthquake and its aftershocks inform their tales. 23-year-old Ibrahim Zakaria, a cellphone store employee, from the Syrian city of Jableh survived on soiled drips of water and ultimately misplaced hope that he’d be saved.

    “I said I am dead and it will be impossible for me to live again,” Zakaria, who was rescued Friday evening, advised The AP on Saturday.

    In Gaziantep province, which borders Syria, a household of 5 was rescued from a demolished constructing within the metropolis of Nurdagi, and a person and his 3-year-old daughter have been pulled from particles within the city of Islahiye, tv community HaberTurk reported. A 7-year-old woman was additionally rescued in Hatay province, reported The AP.

    In Elbistan, a district in Kahramanmaras province, 20-year-old Melisa Ulku and one other particular person have been saved from the rubble 132 hours after the quake struck.

    COUNTRIES RUSH MORE AID

    Several nations and worldwide organisations have rushed medical support and help to Turkey and Syria, India being one in all them. The Indian Army launched Operation Dost to increase help to Turkey in addition to Syria. India on Saturday despatched extra consignments of life-saving medicines and reduction supplies for earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria onboard a C-17 army transport plane.

    The seventh plane with humanitarian help that has landed in Turkey consists of ventilator machines, anesthesia machines, blankets, 13 tonnes of medical support. The help being despatched to Syria contains reduction supplies comparable to sleeping mats, gensets, photo voltaic lamps, tarpaulins, blankets, emergency and significant care medicines, and catastrophe reduction consumables.

    A border gate between long-feuding Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the primary time in 35 years to permit support for victims of the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, state-owned Anadolu information company reported.

    Germany will grant three-month visas to Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims with household within the nation, the inside minister advised AFP on Saturday. “This is emergency aid,” German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser advised every day newspaper Bild.

    ALSO READ | Turkey-Syria quake: Hope fades for survivors as loss of life toll in ‘catastrophe of the century’ crosses 21,000 | Timeline of occasions

    BIG CHALLENGE FOR ERDOGAN

    The anger and frustration of individuals in Turkey towards Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who’s searching for one other election, is mounting daily. There is an enormous public outrage in direction of the federal government’s dealing with of a lethal earthquake.

    “It is going to be a big challenge for Erdogan,” Soner Cagaptay told AP, a Turkey expert at the Washington Institute and the author of several books on Erdogan.

    Turkey’s economy is being hammered by skyrocketing inflation, and Erdogan has faced widespread criticism for his handling of the problem, which has left millions of poor and middle class people struggling to make ends meet.

    DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR SYRIA

    The Turkey-Syria earthquake has worsened the existing humanitarian crisis in Syria caused by over a decade of civil war that had already wrecked houses and hospitals and displaced millions. For many, the earthquake is the second wave of displacement.

    “It took us two days to pull out their bodies and bury them in a mass grave,” Abu Yassin advised AP from the rebel-held province of Idlib.

    UNHCR mentioned in an announcement that it’s attempting to make sure that shelters housing displaced individuals have ample services, in addition to tents, plastic sheeting, thermal blankets, sleeping mats and winter clothes.

    (With inputs from AP, Reuters)

    ALSO READ | Turkey may have moved 5 meters after the violent earthquake

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    Feb 12, 2023

  • Turkey-Syria earthquake: Toll crosses 25k, survivors present glimmer of hope on day 6 | Top factors

    Toll crosses 25k, survivors present glimmer of hope on day 6 | Top factors

  • 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”.

    ALSO READ | Turkey earthquake: Tragic photograph reveals father holding hand of useless daughter trapped in rubble

    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.

    ALSO READ | ‘Loss of a civilisation’: Ancient landmarks lowered to rubble in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

    ALSO READ | 134 aftershocks: The floor beneath Turkish ft continued shaking for 2 days

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    Feb 11, 2023

  • ‘Miracles are repeated’: Boy pulled out of particles in Syria | Watch

    Karam was rescued from the particles of a destroyed home in Syria’s Idlib by rescue employees.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 9, 2023 23:35 IST

    The boy was pulled out of the rubble by rescue employees

    By India Today Web Desk: Teams from all over the world are racing in opposition to time to rescue any survivors after a sequence of earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. Several heartwarming tales of survival have emerged from the area that’s seeing huge dying, destruction and ruins.

    Miracles are repeated and voices embrace the sky once more.
    Moments crammed with pleasure because the little one Karam was rescued from the ruins of a destroyed home within the village of Armanaz within the countryside of #Idlib, #Syria on the primary day of the #earthquake. pic.twitter.com/eec9Ws91kn
    — The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) February 8, 2023

    One such story of endurance is of a boy who was pulled out of the rubble in Syria.

    Also Read | 3 earthquakes in 24 hours: Trail of destruction, despair in Turkey, Syria | Top factors

    A video shared by The White Helmets – a volunteer organisation working in Syria – shared the video and wrote: “Miracles are repeated and voices embrace the sky again. Moments filled with joy as the child Karam was rescued from the ruins of a destroyed house in the village of Armanaz in the countryside of #Idlib, #Syria on the first day of the #earthquake.”

    The little over a minute clip confirmed Karam being rescued from the particles of a destroyed home in Syria’s Idlib. The boy beams as he’s pulled out of the rubble by rescue employees, who cheer him on. Once out, Karam performs together with his rescuers, pulling their cheeks and laughing with them.

    The dying depend within the area has crossed 16,000 after one of many deadliest quakes of the century hit on Monday morning.

    Also Read | We care: How Indian Army’s Operation Dost is saving lives, profitable hearts

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    Feb 9, 2023

  • 6-yr-old Turkish woman pulled out of particles now being handled at Indian Army camp

    Rescuers pulled a 6-year-old woman who was caught contained in the particles for over three days in Turkey. The woman, recognized as Nasreen, was shifted to an Indian Army camp.

    Ankara,UPDATED: Feb 9, 2023 23:39 IST

    The 6-year-old woman had crush accidents on her left foot when she was pull out from particles. (Image: India Today)

    By Gaurav C Sawant: The variety of fatalities from the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria has surpassed 19,000, with probabilities changing into bleak of discovering extra survivors within the harsh chilly climate. However, rescuers haven’t given up their hopes and proceed their race in opposition to time.

    Rescuers on Thursday pulled a 6-year-old woman who was caught contained in the particles for over three days in Turkey. The woman, recognized as Nasreen, was shifted to 16 Parafield hospital of the Indian Army within the disaster-hit nation.

    ALSO READ | Turkey-Syria Quake: Pictures inform the story of loss of life and destruction

    “Nasreen was brought to us by the rescuers today at 10 am. She was not stable. There were crush injuries on her left foot. She was taken care of very well. But now she is stable,” a physician on the camp stated.

    In an unprecedented scene, the younger Nasreen was seen smiling when India Today group reached the Indian Army hospital in Turkey to inquire about her well being.

    Nasreen’s mom was additionally rescued, however sadly her father and two brothers are nonetheless lacking. “There were five members in her family who were all under the debris. Nasreen and her mother have been rescued, while her father and two brothers are still missing. Authorities are looking out for them,” an official on the Indian Army camp stated.

    ALSO READ | We care: How Indian Army’s Operation Dost is saving lives, profitable hearts

    Turkey-Syria quake: Toll crosses 19,000

    Meanwhile, the loss of life toll within the highly effective earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria reached 19,300 on Thursday, information company Associated Press reported. India has despatched to Turkey reduction supplies, a cell hospital and specialised search and rescue groups in two C-17 Globemaster army transport plane to assist the nation.

    Thousands are nonetheless believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. India launched “Operation Dost” to increase help to Turkey in addition to Syria after Monday’s devastating quakes and aftershocks that toppled buildings and flattened cities.

    Army stated it has mobilised a medical group of 99 members for earthquake-hit Turkey. The first batch of 45 members from the Indian Army’s Agra-based area hospital has already reached. They are a part of a group that may arrange a 30-bed area hospital.

    ALSO READ | 1 in 10 buildings that fell in Turkey pretty new, says knowledgeable on floor

    ALSO READ | Turkey might have moved 5 meters after the violent earthquake

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    Feb 9, 2023