Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 8,700 as rescuers continue desperate searches
The first 7.8 magnitude quake hit Turkish city Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday, reducing thousands of homes and buildings across the south of the country and northern Syria to rubble as people slept. Another devastating 7.5 magnitude tremor then struck more than 60 miles away.
Many took to social media to plead for assistance for loved ones believed to be trapped under the rubble – and Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Interior Ministry officials as saying all calls were being 'collected meticulously' and the information relayed to search teams. Nurgul Atay told the Associated Press she could hear her mother’s voice beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, but that her and others’ efforts to get into the ruins had been futile without any heavy equipment to help. "If only we could lift the concrete slab we’d be able to reach her," she said.
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