Filenews 17 February 2023
At 100,000, the professor of Geophysics, Ovgyun Ahmet Ercan, estimates the people who are under the rubble in Turkey. In fact, the professor claims that 0.1 to 0.2% of those in the rubble are still alive.
After all, rescuers evacuated people even 260 hours after Enceladus was hit.
According to Manolis Kostidis, SKAI's correspondent in Turkey, the professor stressed: "According to the data provided by the state on the collapsed buildings, the population, etc., so far 150,000 people have come under the rubble either dead or injured. Today at least 100,000 people are under the rubble. Some of them are alive today! About 0.1% or 0.2%. It is important! From Malatya to Hatay, even for a lifetime you must not remove the rubble."
Nearly 44,000 dead
The death toll from the earthquakes is approaching 44,000 in Turkey and Syria. More specifically, 38,044 have been killed in the neighbouring country, while the latest toll for Syria speaks of more than 5,800 victims.
International aid organizations are stepping up their efforts to help the millions of people left homeless after the deadly earthquakes of February 6.
Two people were recovered alive from the wreckage in Turkey yesterday, Thursday, but these rescues are becoming increasingly rare.
A 17-year-old girl was recovered alive yesterday from the rubble of a collapsed building in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, 248 hours after the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake, Turkish media reported.
"We had prepared her grave and asked the rescuers to stop digging as we were afraid that the bodies that were under the rubble would be dismembered. A few minutes later, her voice was heard through the wreckage of the building," her brother-in-law told CNN Turk. Kilic's husband and two children are still missing.
There is no announcement about the missing persons
On Thursday, the UN called for more than $1 billion to be raised. dollars to help Turkey. On Tuesday, he had asked for 400 million dollars for Syria. For families waiting for their relatives to be released, anger is growing over poor-quality construction and rampant construction that has resulted in thousands of homes and other buildings collapsing.
"I have two children. No other. They are both under the rubble," Seville Karaabdoglu said as bulldozers demolished what was left of a high-rise apartment building in Antakia, where her two daughters lived.
About 650 people are believed to have been killed by the collapse of this building. "We rented this building because it was luxurious, safe. How can I know that the contractor built it like that?" asked Karaabdoglu. About 200 kilometres away, about 100 people gathered in a small cemetery in the town of Pazarcik to bury a family of four who were killed in the same building.
Assad government talks final assessment
The Syrian government has announced that the death toll in the areas it controls reaches 1,414, pointing out that this is a final toll. Most of the victims are in rebel-held northwest Syria, with rescuers pointing out that no one alive has been released from the area since February 9. As a result, efforts are now focused on helping survivors.
Fear of the spread of diseases
Much of the region's infrastructure has been damaged or shut down due to the 12-year war, and health authorities are faced with the difficult task of ensuring that survivors now do not become infected with any disease. Aid to northwest Syria is made difficult by the conflict and many local residents feel abandoned as aid reaches other affected areas.
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it is particularly concerned about the health of residents of northwest Syria, where about 4 million people live in the country. people were already relying on humanitarian aid before the earthquake. So far 119 UN trucks have crossed two border crossings on the border between Turkey and Syria, carrying humanitarian aid, an agency spokesman said.
Many survivors have fled the affected areas, but some have chosen to stay, despite the appalling living conditions. We spend our days (eating) bread, soup and meals from the aid sent by the citizens. We don't have life anymore. We are afraid," said Mustafa Akan from Adıyaman, who sleeps on the street and warms up by burning wood in a bucket.
philenews / in.gr
