According to overseas network, February 18, according to the Associated Press report on the 17th, a strong earthquake in Turkey destroyed tens of thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria, causing the displacement of millions of people for nearly two weeks. Some victims had to sleep in flimsy tents, factories, train cars or greenhouses.
In Gaziantep, Turkey, disaster victims live in temporary shelter tents (data map)
The Turkish government and dozens of local rescue organizations have launched large-scale rescue operations. The Turkish government said on the 15th that it has deployed 5,400 containers as shelters for the victims and distributed more than 200,000 tents, but the disaster situation is still not optimistic. According to Turkish government data, at least 84,000 buildings in the country were completely or severely damaged by the February 6 earthquake, including 330,000 residences. Turkey’s disaster area has a population of about 14 million, accounting for 16% of the country’s total population. At present, the exact number of internally displaced persons in Turkey cannot be accurately counted.
Tents set up by the Turkish Disaster Emergency Management Agency (data map)
Turkey’s Kahramanmaras province was the epicenter of the quake. In the local mountain village, residents are struggling to keep warm on a cold night. Although the residents have tents, they are too thin to keep out the cold. A disaster victim said that he was worried that the freezing weather in the mountains would lead to more deaths. “Our basic needs are shelter first. Tents will not work here, and we will freeze to death.”
Hatay, Turkey, disaster victims on the ruins (data map)
In the quake-hit Hatay province, many victims took bedding and cooking utensils and took refuge in large tomato-growing greenhouses. About 2,000 people are living under plastic sheds, and many have lost not only their homes, but also their livestock. The victims living in the greenhouse said that they had no clean clothes and could not take a shower. “We have nothing, just like living outdoors.” Some victims hid in metal factories, or lived in trailers, containers, and train carriages near the factories. and so on.
According to the Turkish transportation department, the government has helped more than 270,000 victims to evacuate by air, sea or railway, but many people prefer to stay near their homes. They want to protect their property, or wait for the remains of their loved ones to be recovered. In rural areas, it is for the care of livestock.
According to the latest statistics from the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency, the earthquake has killed 38,000 people in Turkey. So far, the strong earthquake has killed more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
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