{"id":607964,"date":"2023-02-14T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/8000-rescued-from-quake-rubble-turkeys-recep-erdogan-says-as-death-toll-hits-41000\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T23:40:00","slug":"8000-rescued-from-quake-rubble-turkeys-recep-erdogan-says-as-death-toll-hits-41000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/8000-rescued-from-quake-rubble-turkeys-recep-erdogan-says-as-death-toll-hits-41000\/","title":{"rendered":"8,000 rescued from quake rubble, Turkey’s Recep Erdogan says, as death toll hits 41,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rescue workers evacuate a victim pulled out of the rubble on February 7, the day after an earthquake hit Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Photo by Turk Jandarma\/UPI | License Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Feb. 14 (UPI) —<\/span> Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> said Tuesday more than 8,000 people have been pulled alive from the earthquake rubble in his country over the past week, highlighting emergency efforts in the midst of a rising death toll.<\/p>\n

Erdogan said in a recorded message<\/a> to the World Government Summit in Dubai that another 81,000 injured have been discharged from the hospital.\n<\/p>\n

“I would like to thank once again to all the friendly and sisterly countries that have been collecting aid for our nation day and night, supporting our search-and-rescue efforts with their teams, and not forgetting us in their prayers,” Erdogan said.<\/p>\n

The earthquake, he said, “showed the importance of international solidarity.”\n<\/p>\n

The devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake followed by powerful aftershocks on Feb. 6, one nearly as powerful as the first tremblor, crumbled buildings and infrastructure through central and southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n

Turkey’s disaster agency placed the country’s death toll<\/a> at 31,974 with 195,962 injured. Syrian government officials<\/a> said 1,414 people died in locations they control.<\/p>\n

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said another 4,400 have died in the war-ravaged areas controlled by anti-government rebels.\n<\/p>\n

The cumulative death figures from Turkey, Assad-regime officials, and Syrian Civil Defense, who work in opposition-controlled Syria, has reached 41,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.N officials say that rescue efforts are coming to an end<\/a> and that they are shifting focus to providing shelter, food and education to survivors.<\/p>\n

On Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres<\/a> said that Syria has agreed to open<\/a> additional border crossings from Turkey into those rebel-held areas to deliver humanitarian aid. Previously, only the damaged Babal-Hawa passage was open to receive goods.\n<\/p>\n

“I welcome the decision today by President Bashar al-Assad<\/a> of Syria to open the two crossing points of Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra’ee from T\u00fcurkey to northwest Syria for an initial period of three months to allow for the timely delivery of humanitarian aid,” he said.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, UNICEF said some 4.6 million children live in the 10 provinces affected by the earthquake and 2.5 million in Syria.<\/p>\n

“The children and families of Turkey and Syria are facing unimaginable hardship in the aftermath of these devastating earthquakes,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We must do everything in our power to ensure that everyone who survived this catastrophe receives life-saving support, including safe water, sanitation, critical nutrition and health supplies and support for children’s mental health.”\n<\/p>\n

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\n Becki Klemp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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