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Earthquake news today: Giffey announces "airlift" to Turkey

2023-02-11T12:27:36.744Z


International aid for the earthquake victims is gaining momentum. Further flights are also planned from Germany. And: In Anadolu, Turkey, a baby was saved after 128 hours. the news


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Aid supplies are loaded at Leipzig-Halle Airport

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Anadolu: Baby rescued from rubble after 128 hours

12:56 p.m .:

According to a media report, more than five days after the devastating earthquake in the eastern Turkish province of Hatay, a two-month-old baby was rescued alive from the rubble.

The infant in the Mediterranean community of İskenderun was buried under rubble for 128 hours before being pulled out and taken to a hospital, Turkey's state-run Anadolu News Agency reported on Saturday.

Helpers in Turkey and Syria are still looking for survivors.

But the salvage work is a race against time: the critical survival limit for those buried is normally 72 hours.

Rarely do humans survive longer than three days without water.

Giffey announces "airlift" from Berlin to Turkey

12.40 p.m .:

According to Berlin’s Mayor Franziska Giffey, there should be an airlift for relief supplies from the capital to Turkey.

"And with many who have donated, we have succeeded in building an airlift from Berlin to Turkey, also in cooperation with the Turkish embassy, ​​with the consulate general," said the SPD politician at a commemoration of the earthquake victims at the Brandenburg Gate .

“At BER Airport we have a hall that is more than 6,000 square meters and is now being filled with tons of donations, with thousands of pallets that are being collected and are going to Turkey.

The first flights have already taken place,” Giffey continues.

Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir had already spoken before Giffey and repeated his call for visa facilitation: “Many people in Germany have relatives in the disaster region and are desperately worried about them.

We should make it possible for them across parties to temporarily take in relatives from Turkey and Syria," said the Green politician: "The entry conditions should be adjusted quickly and pragmatically for this.

Aid must not fail due to bureaucratic visa facilitation.«

Almost 1900 aftershocks in the Turkish-Syrian border area

11:19 a.m .:

After the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, there were 1891 aftershocks in the region until Saturday morning.

This was announced by the Turkish civil protection authority Afad.

More than 24,200 people have died in the severe earthquakes so far.

At least 20,665 died in Turkey alone, and more than 3,553 in Syria. Almost 85,000 people were also injured in both countries.

After four days rescued Zeyneb died

12:34 p.m .:

The news of their rescue after more than a hundred hours under the rubble went around the world.

A few hours later, the German team, which was able to rescue the woman alive, now had to announce her death.

Read more here.

Listening tip: tens of thousands of dead, millions homeless and many unanswered questions

In the earthquake regions of Turkey and Syria, hope for survivors is dwindling.

Criticism of the state leadership and inadequate rescue organization remains.

What does this mean for President Erdoğan?

Özlem Topçu talks about this in the current edition of the foreign podcast Eight Billion.

Pregnant woman rescued from rubble after 115 hours

7.39 a.m .:

The search for survivors continues tirelessly, occasionally rescue workers can give hope.

A pregnant woman and a girl were rescued in Gaziantep.

But the number of victims of the devastating tremors is also increasing.

Read more here.

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Source: spiegel

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