Disaster in Turkey and Syria Is One of Deadliest This Century. Governments in Turkey and Syria can not cope with the earthquake

 Monday’s pre-dawn 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by multiple aftershocks, caused widespread destruction across southern Turkey and northern Syria.

Thousands have been killed, with the toll mounting as more bodies are discovered. But there have also been dramatic rescues.

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Rescuers Race Against Time as Quake Toll Rises to 7,700

Disaster in Turkey and Syria Is One of Deadliest This Century

• Rescue workers were toiling in a vast and desperate search complicated by geography and geopolitics, freezing weather and the sheer scope of the disaster.
• The crews found reason for hope, rescuing more than 8,000 people in Turkey. But they were also working against time.

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The Economist 

Tens of thousands may be dead after twin 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday.

Some 6,000 buildings collapsed as a result of the quake, according to Turkish officials. Ovgun Ahmet Ercan, an earthquake expert, estimates that 180,000 people or more may be trapped under the rubble, nearly all of them dead.

Damage from the earthquake will mean more misery for Syria, already battered by a decade of war. And in Turkey frustration is setting in, as is the sense that parts of the country have been abandoned.

Read why the scale of the disaster keeps growing: https://econ.trib.al/8kNHuGi

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