Turkey-Syria quake death toll tops 21,000

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 11, 2023 12:15 am

BAB AL-HAWA Border Crossing, Syria: The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday (Friday in Manila), topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.

The chief of the World Health Organization said he was on his way to Syria, as bitter cold hampered the search of thousands of flattened buildings and threatened the lives of many quake victims who are without shelter and drinking water.

RACE AGAINST TIME Rescuers carry out search operations among the rubble of a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, three days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing on Feb. 9, 2023, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded. AFP PHOTO

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