GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 8: The death toll from an earthquake in Turkiye and Syria has passed 11,000.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting the quake zone. He said the fatalities in Turkiye alone have passed 8,500.
He conceded shortfalls in the response during the first day but said the situation has improved since then.
“We won’t allow any of our citizens to be left in the streets,” he said.
Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkiye and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 9,500, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade.
Turkiye’s disaster management agency said the country’s death toll had risen to 7,108, bringing the overall total to 9,638, including fatalities reported in neighbouring Syria, since Monday’s earthquake and multiple aftershocks.(Agencies)
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