Türkiye has offered shelter to just about 1.6 million individuals who had been affected after the Feb. 6 robust earthquakes within the southern area, the nation’s catastrophe company mentioned on Thursday.
“Shelter service is provided to 1,593,808 citizens in the disaster area and 329,960 citizens in other provinces,” the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) mentioned in an announcement.
A complete of 332 tent cities and 360,167 tents had been arrange within the earthquake zone, AFAD mentioned.
“In the provinces affected by the earthquake, 189 container cities are being created. The infrastructure and installation work of the planned 90,914 containers continues,” it added.
A complete of 228,591 personnel, together with 4,667 search and rescue personnel, 18,048 development gear, 75 plane, 108 helicopters are presently working within the area, the company mentioned.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes had been centered in Kahramanmaraş and struck 10 different provinces-Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Şanlıurfa. More than 13 million folks have been affected by the devastating quakes, claiming greater than 45,000 lives.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
