Turkey-Syria quake updates: Search for survivors amid bitter cold
Turkey-Syria quake updates: Search for survivors amid bitter cold Turkish authorities have confirmed the deaths of 2,921 people after its southeastern region bordering Syria was rocked by major earthquakes. A further 1,444 people are confirmed to have died in Syria. The initial magnitude 7.8 tremor early on Monday brought down buildings as people slept and was followed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hours later amid several aftershocks. Rescuers working through night in Turkey’s Sanliurfa Rescuers braved freezing temperatures in the southeastern Turkish city of Sanliurfa as they worked through the night to try and pull survivors from the wreckage of collapsed buildings. At the site of a flattened seven-storey building, Omer El Cuneyd waited for news of survivors. “There is a family I know under the rubble,” the 20-year-old Syrian student told the AFP news agency. “Until 11:00am or noon, my friend was still answering the phone. But she no longer answers. She is down there.” Sanliur...