The loss of life toll from the Kahramanmaraş-centered twin earthquakes in Türkiye’s southeast has reached 50,096, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) stated Monday.
The catastrophic 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes – 9 hours aside – struck the southeastern area of Türkiye and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6 and razed hundreds of buildings in addition to inflicting extreme infrastructural injury.
“So far, 354 tent city areas have been set up with 480,000 tent settlements, and accommodation is being provided to 1.9 million citizens via tents. In addition, 245 container cities with a total of 108,155 containers are being planned in our provinces affected by the earthquake; while 25,000 container installations have already been completed, and a total of 96,444 citizens are being sheltered there,” Vice President Fuat Oktay stated earlier, including that underneath the “Housing Support Payment” program, TL 10,000 ($526) was deposited into accounts of every household affected by the earthquake.
More than 13.5 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating earthquakes, in addition to many others in northern Syria.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
