The powerful earthquakes have caused enormous destruction, as here in the city of Antakya in south-east Turkey. Photo: Hussein Malla / AP / NTB
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19. feb. 2023 14:47 – Updated 19 Feb. 2023 14:47
Turkey is halting rescue work in all provinces, except for the two that were hardest hit by the earthquakes, AFAD, the country’s crisis management agency, says.
– In many of our provinces, the search and rescue work has now ended, but it continues in the provinces of Kahramanmaraş and Hatay, the head of the agency Yunus Sezer told reporters in Ankara on Sunday.
40,689 people have been confirmed dead in Turkey after the powerful earthquakes in the border area between Syria and Turkey on 6 February. The death toll is expected to rise as several thousand are injured or still missing.
More than 1.2 million people are believed to have been evacuated from southeastern Turkey due to the earthquake tragedy, and over 1 million are currently living in temporary shelters or shelters, AFAD said.
Over 46,000 people have so far been confirmed dead in the two countries. In northwest Syria, the authorities and FN reported a total of over 5,800 dead, but this figure has not been updated for several days.
The situation in war-torn Syria is far less clear than in Turkey, and the real death toll may be far higher.
