UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double after he arrived in southern Turkey to assess the quake's damage
UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double after he arrived in southern Turkey yesterday to assess the quake's damage.
Another family clutched each other in grief at a cotton field transformed into a cemetery, with a seemingly endless stream of bodies arriving for swift burial.What were once homes, filled with families and memories, now lay contorted and tangled. — Justin McCarthy February 12, 2023 Turkey's disaster agency said more than 32,000 people from Turkish organisations are working on search-and-rescue efforts. There are also 8,294 international rescuers.
When this building collapsed, a family of four died. A married couple who worked in the police force, their little boy and their small baby. pic.twitter.com/QGUW9WpE0c
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