8 hours ago6.8-degree earthquake in Turkey: More Victims Increase
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Authorities in Turkey have announced that the death toll from the 6.8-magnitude earthquake has gone to 35. So far, more than a thousand and 500 injured persons have been reported, as the search-saving teams continue to find people under the rubble, with the number of casualties that could grow further. So far, teams [...]
So far, more than a thousand and 500 injured persons have been reported, as the search-saving teams continue to find people under the rubble, with the number of casualties that could grow further.
So far, the search-saving teams have managed to rescue 45 people, including a woman who managed to escape found under the ruins of the collapsed house, all 17 hours after the earthquake.
The government has hired more than 3 thousand members of emergency teams with sniffers to search for survival or possible casualties.
According to preliminary damage estimates, 76 buildings, 42 of which have irrecoverable injuries, have been destroyed by the quake.
The 6.8-degree heavy quake hit eastern Turkey during Friday day. /Periscope
