WHO expects death toll to ‘increase significantly’ as search and rescue efforts continue
“I think we can expect the death toll to increase significantly,” Rick Brennan, the WHO’s regional emergency director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said.
Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said 912 people were killed, 5,383 injured and 2,818 buildings had collapsed in Turkey. At least one building collapsed in Turkey's Sanliurfa province following a major earthquake in the area. In Diyarbakir, Reuters journalists saw dozens of rescue workers searching through a mound of debris, all that was left of a big building, hauling off bits of wreckage as they looked for survivors. Occasionally they raised their hands and called for quiet, listening for sounds of life.“We woke up to a big noise and severe shaking. There were two aftershocks right after that,” said Meryem from the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, near the epicentre.
“There were 12 families under there. Not a single one came out. Not one,” said a young man, his eyes wide open in shock and his hand bandaged.
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