Turkey's vice president declares 'level 4 alarm' after more than 500 killed and thousands injured in 7.8 magnitude earthquake
Turkey's vice president Fuat Oktay said 284 people had been killed and 2,323 people were injured, as authorities scrambled rescue teams and supply aircraft to the affected area, while declaring a"level 4 alarm" that calls for international assistance.
President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone with the governors of eight affected provinces to gather information on the situation and rescue efforts, his office said in a statement. President Bashar al-Assad was holding an emergency cabinet meeting to review the damage and discuss the next steps, his office said.
In nearby countryside, rescuers carried a bloodied, crying baby out of a collapsed building, while, in the town of Azaz, a crane prised away slabs of concrete as rescuers carried away a body wrapped in a sheet. The United States was"profoundly concerned" about the quake in Turkey and Syria and was monitoring events closely, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Twitter.
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