After the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the death toll continues to rise.
However, there are still reports of miraculous salvage.
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Earthquakes
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Turkey
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Syria
: More than 37,500 confirmed fatalities.
Miracle salvage
after almost 200 hours: Hope for survivors is fading.
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Damascus/Ankara - More than a week has passed since the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
In the early morning of February 6, the first 7.7-magnitude quake shook the affected border area.
Hours later, a second 7.6 magnitude tremor followed.
Since then there have been more than 2,400 aftershocks.
Ten provinces are affected in Turkey – there is now a three-month state of emergency.
Miracle salvage after almost 200 hours: Hope for survivors is fading
Even eight days after the quake, there are still reports of miraculous salvage.
As the state news agency Anadolu and the broadcaster CNN Türk reported, helpers in the province of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey rescued two 17 and 21-year-old brothers on Tuesday morning (February 14).
They were therefore 198 hours under the rubble.
In the province of Adiyaman, an 18-year-old who was also buried for 198 hours was rescued.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
The hope of finding more survivors more than a week after the earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border area is fading.
"The rescue phase of pulling people alive from the rubble and finding dead under the rubble is coming to an end," said UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths during a visit to Aleppo, Syria, on Monday (February 13).
Rescuers from Germany also flew to the affected areas to free people from the rubble.
They reported on dramatic operations on site.
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: More than 37,500 confirmed fatalities
The confirmed death toll was more than 37,500 as of early Tuesday morning.
But experts fear that many more deaths are to be mourned - they are currently assuming at least 70,000.
More than 80,000 people were injured.
Thousands continue to be missing.
Survivors who are still being found must have had access to liquid - such as rainwater, snow or other sources.
Normally, a person can go about 72 hours, i.e. three days, without water.
After that it becomes life threatening.
This period has already been exceeded.
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More than a week after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the death toll continues to rise.
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Countless buildings and parts of the infrastructure were destroyed by the earthquakes.
Satellite images show the extent of the destruction.
A report by the Turkish business and business association Türkonfed estimates the damage at around $84 billion (around €79 billion).
According to the Presidential Office, 1.2 million people are staying in emergency shelters in south-eastern Turkey.
The severe earthquakes have also left visible traces in nature.
In the Turkish province of Hatay, an olive grove was split in half near the towns of Altinozu and Tepehan.
Drone images show the ruptured gorge.
The severe earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border area could have been a cruel advance warning.
Because experts have been certain for a long time: A violent earthquake is also imminent in Istanbul.
(ph/dpa)
List of rubrics: © Hairul/dpa
