Turkey-Syria earthquake live: Rescuers pulled earthquake survivors from the shattered remnants of buildings, including some who endured more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete after the disaster slammed Turkey and Syria and killed more than 24,000 people, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Meanwhile, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week’s huge earthquake.
The first UN aid deliveries arrived on Thursday in Syrian rebel-held zones, but chances of finding survivors have dimmed since the passing of the three-day mark that experts consider a critical period to save lives.
The deaths have surpassed the toll from a 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400, and the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal in 2015 that killed more than 8,800 people.
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