Rescue operations continue in Türkiye and Syria more than 48 hours after the earthquake that ravaged these two countries on Monday. The toll of the victims, always provisional, is increasing.
The recorded assessment now reports 11,200 dead in Türkiye and Syria according to the official balance sheets communicated today in the early afternoon. The deadlines are established there for the moment at 8574 dead in Türkiye, according to the AFAD, Turkish rescue organization.
In Syria, 2662 dead have so far been identified. More than 55,000 people have been injured and rescued, 50,000 in Türkiye and 5,000 in Syria.
This earthquake that occurred on Monday at dawn is the worst earthquake in Türkiye since that of August 17, 1999 which had killed 17,000 people. For almost 48 hours, the results of this drama have been increasing.
Twenty-three million people are “potentially exposed, including about five million vulnerable people,” warned the World Health Organization. The WHO had previously said it feared “balance sheets eight times higher than the initial numbers”.
