Overnight rainpour drenches Türkiye’s quake-hit Hatay

Overnight rainpour drenches Türkiye’s quake-hit Hatay

In the area hit by the highly effective Feb. 6 earthquakes, downpours gave earthquake survivors and drivers a tough time Monday evening.

Hail additionally poured down at evening between the Erzin and Iskenderun districts of Türkiye’s southern quake-hit Hatay, lowering visibility for the automobiles on the freeway and slowing down visitors.

Many drivers who had issue advancing on the freeway turned on their hazard lights, stopped their automobiles and waited for the rain to cross. The heavy hail shortly turned the street white.

At the identical time, one other aftershock of magnitude 4.1 occurred at 1:14 a.m. native time within the Defne district of Hatay.

According to the knowledge on the web site of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), it was decided that the earthquake was at a depth of about 7 kilometers (4.16 miles).

A month after the catastrophe, the twenty first century’s worst in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO), greater than 13,000 aftershocks have occurred within the southern and southeastern area, in accordance with knowledge obtained by the AFAD. At the identical time, the demise toll has risen to 46,104, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan acknowledged at a news convention following the Cabinet assembly Monday.

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