Over 45,000 people have already perished as a result of the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria. Over 39,500 individuals have died in Turkey as a result of them. Rescue efforts are currently being conducted in both nations. As a result, it is feared that the death toll may rise.
Suleiman Soylu, Turkey’s interior minister, reported on Saturday morning that 39,672 dead have been found so far throughout the nation following the earthquake. On the other side, 5 000 800 people are believed to have died in Syria, according to data provided by the government of Syria and the UN office there. That is, there have been 45,472 fatalities from the earthquake in the two countries.
Early on February 6, a powerful earthquake shook the region near the Turkish-Syrian border. Its Richter scale magnitude was 7.8. Ten districts of earthquake-stricken Turkey have been placed under a 3-month state of emergency.
A food crisis has developed since the earthquake-affected areas didn’t receive timely help. In addition, there is a harsh winter. There are a lot of folks that are hungry and chilly.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns that many people who survived the earthquake may pass away for lack of a place to live, food to eat, clean water to drink, and fuel to burn.
More than 1.3 million people in Turkey are thought to have been impacted by the earthquake, according to government estimates. More than a million people have been impacted in Syria, according to El-Mustafa Benlamil, the UN resident coordinator there. The group worries that there may be more than 50,000 fatalities in the two nations.