Three thousand feared dead after mega earthquake.
As usual, the Mail has the most pictures. They are horrific.
An event that requires not judgment but attention.
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It’s horrible. Both quakes were major ones.
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Update:
“The death toll from the quake is at least 4,983 according to reporting from the Associated Press—and could rise, as hundreds were hospitalized with injuries and more people are believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings.”
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Yes, I read that the toll will likely be twice that.
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From the internet:
Magnitude 7.8 quake kills over 5,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The death toll from the massive earthquake and aftershocks that flattened buildings in parts of Turkey and Syria a day ago surpassed 5,000 on Tuesday.
Later same day:
“Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people. … The latest toll showed 5,894 people killed in Turkey and at least 1,932 in Syria, for a combined total of 7,826 fatalities.”
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Assad, Syria’s dictator, bombs the site of rescue work in his own country after the earthquake.
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Wow. Unbelieveable…
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Now tens of thousands more …
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2.20.2023
Death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes passes 46,000.
The number of people killed in Turkey has hit 40,642 and more than 5,800 people have died in Syria.
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