by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
Update (1325ET):
The death toll from Monday’s powerful earthquakes and aftershocks in Turkey and Syria surpassed 20,000. Hope is quickly fading that survivors will be found under collapsed buildings.
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WSJ said 16,546 people have so far died in Turkey. This figure could soon surpass the death toll from a devastating 1999 earthquake in the country that killed 17,127. In Syria, the death toll stands at 3,162.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the quake was the “biggest disaster in the last century.”
Here are the latest scenes from quake-ravage Turkey:
Death toll in Turkey earthquake already hit 17,134, almost on par with second most deadly and defining earthquake disaster in 1999.
Below bodies getting buried in Maras. The devastation is immense pic.twitter.com/buCnNlrc1N
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 9, 2023
The death toll of the Turkey-Syria earthquake has reached a staggering 19,000. Thousands are still stuck beneath the ruins. Take a look at the tragedy & devastation in Turkey's Hatay province:pic.twitter.com/SjB93rNs3J
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) February 9, 2023
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Tens of thousands of rescuers are pulling survivors out from the rubble of collapsed building structures,…
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