Focus on long-term aid efforts stick with it in quake-hit Türkiye and Syria as worldwide delegations proceed visits to the area alongside high Turkish officers.
Relief efforts in southern Türkiye and northern Syria proceed, three weeks after two highly effective 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes struck Türkiye’s province of Kahramanmaras.
The quakes have been adopted by no less than 9,136 aftershocks, in accordance with the nation’s catastrophe administration company AFAD, in addition to a 3rd 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck Türkiye’s Hatay province.
At least 44,374 individuals have died in Türkiye and 5,914 individuals have been reported useless in Syria.
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Following are the newest updates:
0904 GMT – Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Türkiye’s japanese Malatya province
At least one individual has been killed after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Türkiye’s japanese Malatya province – the fourth quake to hit the southeastern area in three weeks.
Some 69 others have been additionally injured, Yunus Sezer, head of Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) informed reporters.
The earthquake occurred at 0904GMT (12.04pm native time) and was centred 6.96 kilometres under the floor within the district of Yesilyurt. It was additionally felt in neighbouring Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces.
“It was determined that some buildings were destroyed in the quake. Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to the disaster area,” AFAD stated on Twitter.
(Elif Cansın Senol / TRTWorld)
0400 GMT – Erdogan to go to earthquake-hit area
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is predicted to pay a go to to the nation’s earthquake affected area with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli.
Erdogan is predicted to go to the Golbasi district of Adiyaman province and the Dogansehir district of Malatya province.
1109 GMT – Hungary’s FM due in Türkiye on solidary go to after earthquakes
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto is ready to go to Türkiye on Monday to specific solidarity within the wake of the lethal February 6 earthquakes.
Szijjarto will meet Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu within the capital Ankara “to show solidarity and convey condolences,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated in a press release on Sunday.
Hungary was among the many dozens of nations that despatched rescue groups and aid provides after the dual tremors, which have claimed greater than 44,210 lives in 11 southern Turkish provinces.
2000 GMT – Egyptian FM to go to Türkiye to point out solidarity after earthquakes
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry pays a go to to Türkiye on Monday in a present of solidarity.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry assertion on Sunday stated that Shoukry will go to quake-hit Adana province and Mersin port, the place an Egyptian assist ship will arrive.
Shoukry’s go to will mark the primary overseas ministry stage go to from Egypt to Türkiye after greater than a decade.
Shoukry and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu are anticipated to carry a bilateral assembly, the assertion added.
For our dwell updates from Sunday (February 26), click on right here.
Source: www.trtworld.com
