At least 47,975 individuals have been killed by two sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, the nation’s catastrophe administration company stated on Saturday.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes have been centered in Kahramanmaraş and struck 10 different provinces — Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakır, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazığ, and Şanlıurfa. More than 13 million individuals have been affected by the devastating quakes.
Several international locations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the sturdy tremors that struck Türkiye within the area of lower than 10 hours.
Yunus Sezer, head of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), stated: “We are now hosting around 1.8 million people in tents, container cities, and guesthouses in the region. Also, 17,787 containers were set up there.”
“We are transferring a large part of the tent stock across the world to Türkiye. Every day, six planes transfer tents to the region. We are trying to send and set up about 10,000 tents daily in the region,” he added.
A complete of 332 tent cities have been established within the quakes-hit zones, whereas as of now, 414,323 tents have been arrange there, he stated.
A complete of 935,722 earthquake victims have been evacuated from the affected area. Also, round 273,000 victims are being hosted in guesthouses, inns, and dormitories in different provinces, Sezer stated.
Efforts to take away particles and arrange tents are ongoing, he stated, additionally including providers for vitamin, training, and psychosocial help to the victims proceed within the area.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
