Very Sad! more than 36,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria after the catastrophic earthquake.
The death toll across Turkey and Syria following the Monday's devastating earthquake has reached to 36,217.
In Turkey alone the death toll has reached 31,643, Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM confirmed on Monday.
In Syria the death toll is at 4,574, and that number includes more than 3,160 in the opposition-help parts of the northwestern Syria, according to the health ministry of the Salvation Government governance authority.
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| Kahramanmaras earthquake |photo| courtesy| |
As search and rescue teams began winding up their work on Monday amid reduced chances of recovering more people alive from the rubble, the focus now turned to the humanitarian situation in Syria where, according to some projections millions of people are feared to be homeless through a combination of the earthquake and the long running civil war.
In Turkey, a key airport near the epicenter whose runway was damaged in the earthquake restarted operations, in a possible stoke of luck to authorities and aid groups leading rescue and recovery efforts.
Support and Aid efforts
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has promised to boost aid for Turkey as the country grapples with the aftermath of last Monday's devastating earthquake.
The EU hopes to drum up additional funding for Turkey and Syria during donor conference set to be held in Brussels in March.
Over 26 million people across Syria and Turkey have been affected directly by the earthquake, with several medical facilities damaged, WHO said in the recent report, which makes an appeal for nearly $42.8 million in immediate aid. At least 15 hospitals in Turkey have been damaged, the report added, while 48 health facilities in northwestern Syria have been affected.
According to Turkey's state-owned Anadolu News Agency. Planes carrying rescue personnel and equipment landed early Monday at Adana Airport, west of the most affected parts of the country. The Syrian government, meanwhile, said it had received aid, including clothes, blankets, mattresses, and tent, via planes from Iran and the Russian republic of Chechnya.
February's earthquake is one of the top 5 deadliest in the last 20 years
According to statistics only 3% of earthquakes and tsunamis across the world have resulted in more than 1,00 deaths. with over 36,200 people perished, the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this February is among the deadliest in recent history.
Global ranking of the deadliest earthquakes since 2002:
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YEAR |
COUNTRY |
MAGNITUDE |
DEATHS |
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. |
2010 2004 2008 2005 2023 |
Haiti Indonesia China Pakistan Turkey/Syria |
7 9 8 8 8 |
222,570 165,708 87,476 73,338 36,217 |
