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  • 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

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    Feb 12, 2023

  • Turkey, Syria Earthquake LIVE: India rushes extra support to Turkey as toll reaches 15,000

    After the devastation that’s the aftermath of the large earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, killing round 15,000 individuals in Turkey and Syria, rescue groups from everywhere in the world have been working round the clock. India’s rescue groups despatched by way of the NDRF are additionally on the bottom, regardless of powerful situations.

    Speaking to India at present, DIG Mohsen Shahedi mentioned,” The situations are powerful and there are sub-zero temperatures. Our group on floor is experiencing frequent aftershocks. They are tenting within the open sky underneath tents. There is an absence of electrical energy. But the group stays motivated and energized.”

    International aid and rescue missions from all the world over are in Turkey. India additionally has a focussed and coordinated group the place areas are earmarked for rescue operations.

    “The response by international teams is based on INSARAG (international agency for preparedness and response) methodology wherein the team on arrival reports at a RDC (reception/departure centre) and is allotted on worksite based on various parameters,” mentioned Shahedi.

    (With inputs from Milan Sharma)

  • Syria earthquake: 20 inmates escape jail housing Islamic State terrorists

    The army police jail within the city of Rajo close to the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 7, 2023 14:34 IST

    Civil protection staff comb search via the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Hama, Syria. (AP photograph)

    By India Today Web Desk: Following a lethal earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, at the very least 20 prisoners took benefit and escaped from a northwestern Syrian jail holding largely Islamic State (IS) terrorists.

    The army police jail within the city of Rajo close to the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters, as reported by the information company AFP.

    The 7.8-magnitude quake — which was adopted by dozens of aftershocks within the area — precipitated injury to the jail, with partitions and doorways cracking.

    “After the earthquake struck, Rajo was affected and inmates started to mutiny and took control of parts of the prison,” mentioned the official at Rajo jail.

    ALSO READ | Killer quakes make Turkey, Syria scream all night time as rescuers wrestle in freezing climate

    The incident in Rajo comes on the heels of an IS assault in December on a safety complicated of their former de facto Syrian capital of Raqa, which aimed to free fellow jihadists from a jail there, AFP reported.

    The demise toll within the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria crossed 4,000 on Tuesday. An extra 14,483 folks had been injured at the same time as rescue operations had been underway to tug out extra survivors from beneath the rubble.

    Three quakes of magnitude 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0 struck one after the opposite, leaving 1000’s of collapsed buildings in its wake. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central Turkey area on Tuesday. More than 5,600 buildings had been destroyed in Turkey alone and round 224 extra in northwestern Syria.

    ALSO READ | Why was Turkey’s earthquake so lethal and why did it occur?

    ALSO READ | Syrian man sobs over physique of toddler killed in lethal earthquake

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    Feb 7, 2023

  • Turkey-Syria earthquake: Double whammy for border area wrecked by years of civil warfare

    The Turkey-Syria earthquake has worsened the prevailing humanitarian disaster attributable to over a decade of civil warfare that had already wrecked homes and hospitals and displaced thousands and thousands.

    New Delhi ,UPDATED: Feb 7, 2023 12:13 IST

    More than 4,000 individuals died as earthquakes ripped by way of the border areas of Turkey and Syria (Photo: AFP)

    By India Today Web Desk: Over 4,000 individuals have perished as earthquakes ripped by way of the border areas of Turkey and Syria, flattening house blocks and different buildings and leaving 1000’s extra wounded and homeless in freezing winter circumstances.

    The magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which struck southern Turkey, close to the northern border of Syria early on February 6, has worsened the prevailing humanitarian disaster. The calamity has struck the area, already wrecked by over a decade of civil warfare – gunfights and bombardment that had broken healthcare and different infrastructural amenities like roads. The warfare had already displaced thousands and thousands, each throughout the nation and outdoors. The earthquake, which was adopted by a collection of aftershocks, has additional deepened the humanitarian support disaster.

    The warfare escalated when Russia launched a bloodied intervention in Syria to prop up Bashar al-Assad’s regime just a few years in the past. The US additionally stepped in, however to again anti-Assad forces. And each Russia and the US fought the phobia outfit ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in Syria. There have been a number of different gamers within the advanced net of the Syrian warfare that even a barrage of high-quality animation movies has struggled to tell apart.

    The earthquake, which is the largest recorded worldwide by the US Geological Survey since a tremor within the distant South Atlantic in August 2021, struck a area that has been formed on each side of the border by the civil warfare. On the Syrian facet, the realm in ruins is break up between government-held territory and the nation’s final opposition-held enclave, encircled by authorities forces backed by Russia. Turkey has been bursting on the seams from thousands and thousands of refugees from that warfare.

    Also Read: New earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Turkey, third temblor in 24 hours

    Before the earthquake, one of many deadliest Turkey has confronted for the reason that one in 1999 which killed greater than 17,000 individuals, the opposition-held territories in Syria had been filled with about 4 million individuals displaced from different components of the nation within the warfare. Many homes had been already broken by bombardments.

    Now, our bodies and survivors are being pulled from beneath the rubble by 1000’s of officers, together with search and rescue personnel, firefighters, medics and troopers throughout provinces as screams of these trapped proceed to be heard.

    Given the impression of the warfare, offering medical support and rehabilitating the displaced have grow to be a problem, even for the bigger international neighborhood.

    India’s first batch of earthquake aid materials has been dispatched, together with NDRF search and rescue groups, specifically educated canine squads, medical provides, drilling machines and different essential gear.

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    Feb 7, 2023

  • Earthquake in Turkey splits airport runway into two | Video

    The runway of an airport in Turkey’s Hatay province was break up into two by the large earthquake that struck close to the Turkey/Syria border.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 7, 2023 11:49 IST

    The solely runway in Turkey’s Hatay province was break up into two forcing the airport to droop all flights. (Photo from Twitter)

    By India Today Web Desk: The infrastructure in Turkey was destroyed within the large earthquake that struck close to the Turkey/Syria border on February 6. Following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, a video, which surfaced on-line, confirmed an airport runway break up into two by the tremors. The runway was the one one on the airport in Turkey’s Hatay province.

    The airport’s solely runway was left fully unusable and all flights have been suspended after the tarmac was break up into two.

    ALSO READ | Earthquakes in Turkey, Syria LIVE Updates

    Three quakes struck one after the opposite in Turkey and Syria on Monday, leaving 1000’s of broken buildings in its wake. The pre-dawn quake resulted within the loss of life of no less than 4,365 folks within the two nations. The loss of life toll is predicted to rise at the same time as rescue operations proceed amid the freezing temperatures exacerbated by snow and rain.

    After the preliminary quake, officers counted greater than 50 aftershocks inside the first 10 hours. Among the 1000’s of buildings that have been destroyed was the Gaziantep Castle, a historic landmark that was constructed greater than 2,200 years in the past.

    Several nations have poured of their help for the 2 nations after Turkish authorities sounded a “level 4 alarm” calling for worldwide help. India additionally despatched its first consignment of aid supplies to Turkey on Tuesday. The aid crew included NDRF search and rescue groups, specifically educated canine squads, medical provides, drilling machines and different obligatory gear.

    ALSO READ | Killer earthquakes make Turkey, Syria cry, scream all evening as rescue ops go on: All we all know to date

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    Feb 7, 2023