The Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll is now nearing 38,000, including 3,1974 dead in Turkey and 5,800 in Syria, making it one of the worst in Turkey's modern history.
Meanwhile, rescue workers save more survivors from the wreckage of a building in southern Turkey, the third rescue on Tuesday and eight days after the devastating Turkey-Syria Earthquake. More than 9,200 international people, representing 100 nations, are assisting in Turkey's search and rescue efforts, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.
From the rubble of their apartment building in Turkey's Kahramanmaras region, rescuers retrieved Muhammed Enes Yeninar, 17, and his brother, Baki Yeninar, 21, to safety, according to Reuters.
Rescuers struggled to rescue those who still had a chance of survival. Several groups have begun cutting down on efforts as freezing weather has further diminished chances of retrieving survivors from the wreckage caused by the Turkey-Syria Earthquake.
Rescue teams in southern Turkey say they are still hearing voices from under the rubble more than a week after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake https://t.co/GGkJqppMvg pic.twitter.com/bcBmIY0wMl — CNN International (@cnni) February 14, 2023
Many international rescue teams moved in, including Polish rescuers who said they would depart on Wednesday.
A boy and a man were rescued in hard-hit Kahramanmaras on Tuesday, while rescuers were still attempting to locate a grandmother, mother, and daughter from one family who looked to have survived in the collapsed structure.
Since the earthquake occurred a week ago, the UN has been under enormous pressure to bring additional relief and heavy machinery into Syria's rebel-held northwest, where survivors cannot dig for many other survivors and the death toll is rising.
More Relief Supplies Arrive
The UN applauded Syrian President Bashar al-decision Assad's to open two additional Turkish-Syrian border crossings on Monday to enable supplies into the north.
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay shot off rumors of a lack of food and relief on Tuesday. On national tv, he stated there were "no problems with feeding" the people, and millions of comforters are being supplied to all places affected by the Turkey earthquake, per CNN.
Syrian state media said that the first Saudi relief aircraft, which was carrying 35 tons of food, touched down at the government-controlled airport in Aleppo on Tuesday morning. Saudi Arabia has publicly raised $50 million for the victims of the Turkey Syria earthquake, AP News reported.
