Death toll in Turkiye from earthquakes surpasses 12,000
09 February 2023
The number of people who died in powerful earthquakes in southern Turkiye has surpassed 12,000, a government agency said early Thursday.
Report informs via Anadolu Agency that Turkiye’s disaster management agency, AFAD, said 12,391 people were killed and 62,914 others were injured in Monday’s quakes centered in Kahramanmaras province.
Other provinces in southern and eastern Turkiye that were affected by the quakes are Gaziantep, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis.
More than 6,000 buildings collapsed due to the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude quakes that occurred in the space of less than 10 hours.
Turkiye has taken action with all its institutions and resources since the deadly earthquakes in its southern provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
"We have mobilized all our resources. The state is working with municipalities, especially AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), with all its means," Erdogan said as he inspected relief efforts in Kahramanmaras.
More than 13 million people have been impacted by the quakes.
For search and rescue operations to be carried out rapidly, Turkiye on Tuesday announced a three-month state of emergency in the quake-hit provinces.
In addition, Turkiye is observing seven days of national mourning after the devastating quakes.
https://report.az/en/region/death-toll-in-turkiye-from-earthquakes-surpasses-12-000/
Report informs via Anadolu Agency that Turkiye’s disaster management agency, AFAD, said 12,391 people were killed and 62,914 others were injured in Monday’s quakes centered in Kahramanmaras province.
Other provinces in southern and eastern Turkiye that were affected by the quakes are Gaziantep, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis.
More than 6,000 buildings collapsed due to the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude quakes that occurred in the space of less than 10 hours.
Turkiye has taken action with all its institutions and resources since the deadly earthquakes in its southern provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
"We have mobilized all our resources. The state is working with municipalities, especially AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), with all its means," Erdogan said as he inspected relief efforts in Kahramanmaras.
More than 13 million people have been impacted by the quakes.
For search and rescue operations to be carried out rapidly, Turkiye on Tuesday announced a three-month state of emergency in the quake-hit provinces.
In addition, Turkiye is observing seven days of national mourning after the devastating quakes.
https://report.az/en/region/death-toll-in-turkiye-from-earthquakes-surpasses-12-000/
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