‘Only two or three houses are left standing’: Türkiye quakes level village

The large twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on February 6 brought on nice destruction in a single space of Kahramanmaras province, wiping nearly the entire homes within the village.

Ordekdede village in Pazarcik district is likely one of the epicentres of the 2 earthquakes two weeks in the past.

Nearly the entire single-storey homes there have been destroyed, whereas fault fractures stretch for kilometres near the village.

Speaking to Anadolu news company, Kemal Guven, the native official of Ordekdede mentioned there have been 140 households within the village earlier than the catastrophe and there aren’t any structurally sound properties left within the village now.

Guven was fortunate, as he was in Gaziantep on the time of the earthquakes.

After arriving within the village following the quakes, he and his neighbours pulled his family members out of the rubble.

He added that they’re attempting to rebuild the village, which is the biggest space within the area near the epicentre of the earthquake.

“There are only two or three houses left standing, while all the others were destroyed. The earthquake left 34 people dead and 25 others injured,” he mentioned.

At least 41,156 individuals have been killed and 105,505 injured by the 2 sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in keeping with the newest figures from the catastrophe administration agncy, AFAD.

At least 5,800 others have been reported killed in Syria, bringing the dying toll from each nations near 47,000.

The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centred within the Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa and Elazig. 

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Source: AA