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Turkey and Syria, hit by earthquakes, are in a humanitarian emergency. The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on the evening of Monday February 13 to increase aid on the ground. Millions of victims are to be expected, and the death toll now stands at 35,000.
In Turkey, an isolated village was almost completely destroyed. A few tents have been set up, when the survivors are not sleeping in cars. In the big cities, even if the first aiders are present, there are not enough of them. A man despairs in front of the body of his mother, trapped under the rubble. “She died on Tuesday! Enough ! What if it was your own mother, Receive Tayyip Erdoğan?“, he laments.
Experts expect to double the current toll
In Turkey, 5,600 buildings collapsed. A young girl and a woman were pulled out of the rubble, but these miracles are rare. Architects and experts are trying to determine if the inhabitants will be able to relocate. In Syria, the situation is even more dramatic. “The whole world has let us down“, breathes a survivor. Experts put the final death toll at more than 70,000.
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