:quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/dfbb2cd2-1b94-11eb-98d1-0217670beecd.jpg "Emergency workers rescue more than 100 people from rubble in Izmir after earthquake | Abroad")
Among the people who were recovered alive from the rubble are a mother and three children. They were rescued 23 hours after the quake.
According to state broadcaster TRT, a number of people are still lying under the rubble of eight buildings in Izmir that collapsed due to the earthquake. 750 tents and mobile kitchens to provide food to over 50,000 people have been erected in Izmir to shelter the victims of the earthquake, Kurum said. Education Minister Ziya Selçuk wrote on Twitter that the schools in the metropolis will remain closed for a week for security reasons.
At least 35 people died and nearly 900 people were injured in the earthquake, according to Turkish authorities.
Almost 600 aftershocks have been recorded after the earthquake.
Dead and massive havoc after Aegean earthquake
Rescue workers sometimes use their bare hands to search the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors.
At least two people died on the Greek island of Samos. According to Greek media, these are two teenagers who ended up under a wall.
The earthquake triggered a mini tsunami on Friday afternoon. In coastal areas of Turkey, streets turned into churning rivers. Most damage has been reported in the Turkish metropolis of Izmir, where there are many high-rise buildings. Aerial images show that the havoc there is enormous.
The city’s mayor told news channel CNN Türk that at least 20 buildings have collapsed. Thick white smoke rose in those places. Rescue workers receive help from residents and also use search dogs to find victims.
The region’s governor has announced that at least 70 people have been rescued. On television you can see that Minister of Agriculture Bekir Pakdemirli has telephone contact with a girl under the rubble. “We ask you to remain calm,” said the minister.
Residents of Izmir ran into the streets during the earthquake. “I thought, will this end?” Said a 32-year-old man. “It felt like it took 10 minutes. As if it would never end. ” Authorities later set up tents in a park so that families could spend the night there.
The quake also caused panic on Samos. People stormed out of buildings there. “It was chaos,” said the local deputy mayor. “We have never seen anything like it.”
The natural disasters have led to rapprochement between Greece and Turkey, countries that are currently at odds with each other. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has offered assistance in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Whatever our differences, these are times when our people need to unite,” Mitsotakis wrote on Twitter. “Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister,” replied Erdogan. “Having two neighbors showing solidarity in difficult times is more valuable than many things in life.”
In Turkey, a baby monitor recorded the earthquake.
–
