Rescuers race for time as death toll mounts in Türkiye, Syria
Over 6,950 killed as powerful earthquakes hit southern Türkiye
Rescuers raced against time early on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern Türkiye and war-ravaged northern Syria.
The last two days have brought dramatic rescues, including small children emerging from mounds of debris more than 30 hours after Monday’s pre-dawn quake. But there was also widespread despair amid the mounting deaths.
Search teams from nearly 30 countries and aid pledges poured in. But with the damage spread across several cities and towns — some isolated by Syria’s ongoing conflict — voices crying for help from within mounds of rubble fell silent.
At least 6,957 people have been reported killed in Türkiye with another 38,224 injured as thousands of buildings collapsed across a wide region, according to The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) on Wednesday.
