Turkey-Syria quake deaths pass 28,000, UN expects toll to double

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 12, 2023 11:19 am

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey: Rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria and killed more than 28,000.

UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double after he arrived in southern Turkey on Saturday to assess the quake's damage.

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