Istanbul: Shocking videos and images showing the devastation and chaos caused by three powerful earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have emerged on social media as rescuers in Turkey and war-torn Syria scrambled to pull more survivors from the rubble on a cold Tuesday night. I hope to continue my search. , The combined death toll from the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook central Turkey for the first time on Monday morning has reached 3,800 people and brought down thousands of buildings over a wide area.
Officials fear the death toll from Monday’s pre-dawn earthquake and aftershocks will continue to rise as rescuers search for survivors amid tangles of metal and concrete in a region wracked by Syria’s 12-year civil war and refugee crisis. Looking for.
Survivors cried out for help from within the mountains of rubble as first responders battled rain and snow. Seismic activity continued to rattle the region, including a shock as powerful as the initial quake. Workers carefully removed concrete slabs and reached for bodies as desperate families waited for news of their loved ones.
The earthquake, which occurred in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon. Several aftershocks followed the most powerful earthquake in nearly a century. Several collapsed buildings can be seen in social media videos, with terrified locals huddled in the streets.
Watch: Shocking video of building collapse in Turkey after earthquake
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In one such clip, an entire multi-storey building collapsed like a house of cards in the aftershocks of an earthquake in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province. Officials said 16 structures collapsed in Sanliurfa and 34 in Osmania, reports news agency Reuters.
There was no immediate report on whether there were any people inside the building. Broadcasters TRT and Haberturk showed videos of people being pulled from building debris, stretchers carried and searches for survivors in the city of Kahramanmaras, where it was still dark.
Meanwhile, Turkey was hit by a second strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on Monday, leaving locals even more scared. Turkish officials counted more than 50 aftershocks within the first 10 hours after the initial disaster. He warned that the thunder would continue for many more days.