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Added on the 07/02/2023 15:15:57 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Search and rescue teams battle the bitter cold in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flatted by an earthquake that has killed more than 7,800 people.
The death toll is still rising and will continue to rise. Several thousand dead from Monday's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, but with over 6000 buildings destroyed that can only be a very conservative tally. Turkey's president declaring a three-month state of emergency for affected regions in what's already the deadliest earthquake the country's seen since Izmit in 1999. A special edition of the France 24 Debate with Francois Picard.
The window for finding more survivors from the Syria-Turkey earthquakes grows smaller each day. Meanwhile, efforts to get crucial aid and resources to rebel-held Syrian regions face huge difficulties.
Ravaged buildings, shovels to clear the rubble: in Antakya, in the province of Hatay, Turkey, the powerful earthquake that occurred on February 6 has done enormous damage to buildings in the city.
Rescue teams have found a dozen people alive in Turkey, five days after buildings were flattened in parts of the country, and in neighbouring Syria, in Monday's earthquake. Field hospitals have been set up to treat the injured and mass graves are being dug in the worst hit areas.
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