Deaths from earthquakes in Turkey & Syria reach 16K,some places will be uninhabitable for years

Searching for survivors became more urgent. The homeless issue became more severe, as the number of deaths increased to more than 16,000 as rescuers struggled to locate indications of life among the wreckage from Monday’s earthquakes and subsequent quakes, which ravaged the vast majority in Turkey & Syria.

In addition to the 12,873 victims killed in Turkey.

The government’s disaster management agency reported that more than 60,000 were injured. On the Syrian border, 3,162 people have been declared dead, while more than 5,000 were wounded. The number of deaths, which is more than 16,000, is the highest worldwide in an earthquake in over 10 years and is likely to increase. Experts believe that the chance of survival in an earthquake this large is less than 25 percent after 72 hours, and the cold temperatures mean the odds are less likely.

Dale Buckner, CEO of McLean, the Virginia-based Global Guardian.

Stated that Global Guardian, an international security company, serves clients throughout the area, and the team of Global Guardian aids in evacuations for medical emergencies, transport, and the distribution of water, food, and power to the areas surrounding the zone of the earthquake in Turkey & Syria. He predicted it would require months to stabilize the area and a long time to recover from the catastrophe. “The size and scale of the destruction our team has witnessed are difficult to describe,” Buckner stated to USA TODAY. “Some infrastructure will never be replaced. The damage is so widespread that it will be uninhabitable for years.”

This starkly contrasts with the pledge made on Wednesday by the Turkish president. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said houses in the most affected 10 provinces would be rebuilt within one year. And that his administration “will not leave any of our citizens uncared for.” The elections have been scheduled to take place on the 14th of May.

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