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Added on the 09/02/2023 20:52:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show aerial shots of Ukrainian rescuers, continuing their search for earthquake survivors in Turkey. The powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the country and neighbouring Syria just over a week ago has left nearly 40,000 people dead, according to the latest figures. IMAGES
Images show Ukrainian emergency responders rescuing an earthquake survivor in a first for the team of rescuers. "On the 9th day after the terrible earthquake in Turkey, our rescuers helped to find and free from the rubble a woman who survived the destruction of a residential building. It happened in Sector R in the city of Antakya", wrote Sergiy Kruk, the head of State emergency service of Ukraine. IMAGES
Images of French and Turkish rescuers searching through rubble in Osmaniye, southern Turkey, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, devastating entire sections of major cities in southeastern Turkey and the north of Syria. The death toll reached over 11,200 three days after the disaster. IMAGES
In the city of Antalya, Turkey's rescue services search through the debris for bodies and survivors trapped in the wreckage two days after a 7.8 magnitude quake hit Syria and Turkey, claiming thousands of lives. Monday's earthquake was the largest Turkey has seen since 1939, when 33,000 people died in the eastern Erzincan province. IMAGES
French rescuers work on the site of a collapsed building following a deadly earthquake in Osmaniye, southern Turkey, in the aftermath of the disaster that has hit the country and neighbouring Syria and whose death toll has continued to rise to over 6,200. IMAGES