7th February 2023
Rescue operations ongoing at Turkey earthquake scene (Photo: AFP)
The death toll in Turkey from a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rose to 2,921, the country’s relief agency AFAD announced Tuesday.
The new count brings the confirmed death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria to 4,365, after a quake considered to be the strongest to hit the region in nearly a century.
Details later…
AFP
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