In freezing cold, rescuers are active, Wednesday, February 8, to try to rescue the survivors of the earthquake which occurred on Monday, the first of which at dawn, and which shook south-eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria.
Bad weather is complicating the task of rescue and the Turkish Interior Minister yesterday warned that the next 48 hours would be “crucial” to find survivors.
International aid has started to arrive in Turkey, where national mourning has been declared for seven days. The country’s death toll is nearing 7,000. This is already the worst death toll that Turkey has known since 1999, when 17,000 people died, including a thousand in Istanbul. In Syria, at least 2,547 people died according to the authorities.
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