7.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Turkey

[PommyMommy]

FEB 26, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159528534/turkey-earthquake-tent-cities?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Fatma Guner, 60, watched the line grow, but didnt stir from her seat at the edge of a very large communal tent, packed with cots and temporary beds. She says her home in the nearby city of Iskenderun is still standing, but she wouldn't feel safe sleeping there right now.

She's desperate to get out of this camp, where she's been sleeping in a large, crowded communal tent filled with strangers.

"I'm sick, I have heart disease, and I could get an infection very easily, my immune system is very low," she says. "I honestly can't stay here, it's really crowded."

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Mobile homes from Qatar, other countries en route to Turkey

Around 13.5 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria.

dohanews.co

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Ten thousand mobile houses have been promised by Qatar to those who were harmed by the initial devastating earthquakes. Some 306 fully furnished residences were delivered to Turkey on 12 February as part of the first batch.

The mobile homes were previously utilised as accommodations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and Qatar had always planned to donate them as part of the 2022 World Cup legacy plans.

Separately, NATO said a ship carrying 600 temporary container homes has departed Italy and is on its way to Turkey.

More than 1,000 containers will be sent by the military alliance, acting as temporary homes for at least 4,000 people who were made homeless by the quakes.

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[AliceInPain]

Happy about those container homes, not ideal but must be warmer and feel safer than the tents!

 

[PommyMommy]

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[PommyMommy]

50,000 people. Just so hard to fathom, and so, so sad.

FEB 28, 2023

U.N. says at least 50,000 killed in Turkey and Syria quakes

The devastating quakes killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.

www.latimes.com

The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday.

Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council that three weeks after the magnitude 7.8 quake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria, followed by strong aftershocks, including on Monday, the scale of the disaster is now much clearer: At least 44,000 people have been killed in Turkey and about 6,000 in Syria, mainly in the rebel-held northwest.

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“Early assessments indicated 5 million people in Syria require basic shelter and non-food assistance,” the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said. “In many areas, four to five families are packed into tents, with no special facilities for older people, people with chronic illnesses or those with disabilities.”

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[PommyMommy]

23 days!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1631124604864569345

Dog rescued after spending 23 days under rubble of Turkey earthquake

The pooch, a husky named Alex, was pulled out from the piles of concrete and building debris near Antakya in the Hatay province of Turkey.

nypost.com

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The blue-eyed pup appeared shocked and weak in the footage.

He was given food and water and transferred to Turkey’s Federation of Animal Rights for medical treatment.

A volunteer with the animal rights organization told the state-run Anadolu News Agency that Alex lost a significant amount of weight but was otherwise in good condition.

 

[AliceInPain]

That is beautiful news and a beautiful dog! <3

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 26, 2023

Turkish earthquake: Survivors' haunting search for missing relatives

Hundreds of families have refused to give up looking for loved ones, whether they find them dead or alive.

www.bbc.com

It has been seven weeks since two huge earthquakes hit Turkey and northern Syria, and Orhan Kosker has not stopped searching for his nephews.

Ismet and Sirac, aged 13 and nine, were asleep in their home in the south-eastern Turkish city of Gaziantep.

Their mother, father and sister were all killed in the quake. Their bodies were found nine days later, and removed from the rubble.

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Orhan said he called the helpline every day to check the list of recently identified children in case his nephews are on it. His family has also handed over DNA samples.

"We want to find our children even if they're dead. Even if it's just their bones we find, we will carry on searching. May God help us," he said.

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Before unidentified bodies were buried at the cemetery, Turkish authorities had taken photographs, collected DNA samples and taken fingerprints. Each unidentified victim had a number on their grave.

Abdulkudus went through some 1,500 photographs in search of his sister. She even opened body bags and checking corpses to see if Hicran was there.

It was with tears of relief as much as sorrow that she learned that a DNA sample taken at the site matched a body that had been buried at the cemetery.

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[AliceInPain]

"When Afraa was found in the rubble of a collapsed building in Syria, her umbilical cord was still attached to her mother, who had died just after giving birth. The video of the baby's rescue from the earthquake in February captivated the world. Since then she has made a remarkable recovery."

The remarkable recovery of Syria's earthquake baby

Six months ago today, Afraa was pulled from rubble, still attached to her umbilical cord and barely alive.

www.bbc.com

 

[Charlot123]

It can’t be only Quatar helping them. Turkey is US ally in many ways. I feel bad that it was mainly AL Jazeera covering the case. I think we should have been mobilized to help faster. Think of what our problems are in comparison to living in tents no drinking water! I feel so bad that it didn’t make a major news case here. P.S. my state and all PNW is on a fault. If anything our governors should have been more proactive, to get prepared for similar event. But, no.