TÜRKEI-SYRIEN
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February 8, 2023 -
Internationale Hilfegruppen sind in der Türkei und Syrien angekommen. Die schweren Erdbeben haben bisher über 11.000 Todesopfer gefordert haben, wobei diese Zahlen vermutlich noch steigen werden,
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by the two earthquakes.
As the scale of the disaster became ever more apparent, the death toll looked likely to rise considerably.
Thousands of buildings were toppled, hospitals and schools wrecked and tens of thousands of people were injured or left homeless in several Turkish and Syrian cities by the magnitude 7.8 quake – the deadliest in Turkey since 1999 – and a second one hours later.