The death toll from the earthquake is likely to be higher than any natural disaster in a decade. In the weeks and months ahead,humanitarian aid will be needed to sustain communities and eventually rebuild.
Can Pahali is the first Australian confirmed to have died as a result of the tragedy. A relative said she found his body after flying to Turkey to find answers.
“If a person can attract attention under the rubble,their chance of being saved is about three times higher than it would be if they’re in a coma,” said one emergency expert.
“We survived the earthquake,but we will die here due to hunger or cold,” said one woman in central Turkey,where people sought temporary shelter and food in freezing winter weather.
The Voice is not a race issue,but a necessary precondition for the development of a multicultural Australian identity.
The catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is the deadliest since the 2011 tremor in Japan that triggered a tsunami,killing nearly 20,000 people.
Salih Yucel lost his sister in Turkey’s devastating earthquake and the wait goes on for news of his other family members.
The image,taken in Kahramanmaras,Turkey,underscores the scale of the tragedy unfolding in Turkey and Syria,where a rescue effort has become a recovery mission.
Aerial images reveal entire streets reduced to ruins in the Turkish towns of Islahiye and Nurdagi after a series of devastating earthquakes.
Community groups and aid organisations are running local collections to send help to the disaster zone.
More than 5000 people are confirmed dead in southern Turkey and northern Syria where freezing temperatures and some 200 aftershocks are complicating search efforts.