Earthquake in Türkiye: Passing the 21,000 mark, Syria faces a humanitarian disaster

Although the "golden phase" has passed 72 hours after the earthquake, the rescue team continues to race against time to find survivors in the rubble. According to experts, the death toll could rise further in the coming days.

The rescue agencies also warned that severe weather, heavy snowfall as well as shortages of electricity, water, and communication interruptions could lead to a "secondary disaster".

More than 4 days have passed, however, the post-earthquake remedial work has not been completed, the number of people leaving continues to increase. The scene was ruined, desolate, everywhere there were cries of grief that made anyone looking at it feel sad. The whole world is holding their breath, watching the rescue of survivors after this historic earthquake. However, the number continues to increase.

Information from The Wall Street Journal, as of 11 am on February 10, the number of people who have gone has increased to at least 21,051 people, including at least 17,674 people in Turkey, 3,377 victims in Syria, surpassing WHO's initial estimate was 20,000 people. Even this number continues to increase, rescue teams are still trying to conduct digging, flipping each concrete block to hope to find the remaining survivors, although hope is extremely slim. .

Many people had to set up temporary shelters in parking lots, sidewalks or any other public facility that was not destroyed by the earthquake. In Turkey alone, about 7,000 buildings collapsed, affecting more than 13.5 million people in an area stretching 450km from Adana in the west to Diyarbakir in the east. In Syria, casualties were recorded even in the area 250km from the epicenter of the earthquake.

Reuters reported that the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the injured and trapped under the rubble did not have too much time to wait for rescuers to arrive. Therefore, the deployment at this time must be very quick, taking advantage of every moment. Although not very promising, however, life always sprouts in the rubble, there are victims who still survive despite being trapped under the broken concrete for 3 days. There are babies who are still small but still have extraordinary strength, still waiting for the rescue team to arrive.

After the earthquake, the grief piled up, some people lost their families and loved ones, even faced homelessness, no home to return to, wandering in the cold snowy night.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admitted his government had shortcomings in its initial response to the quake. Syria's ambassador to the United Nations also said that the country's government "lacks the ability to

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Facing the very serious situation, other countries in the world have also sent rescue and rescue forces to Turkey and Syria to join hands with the government of this country to rescue people. Many countries and organizations International organizations joined the rescue at the request of Turkey and Syria. The World Bank has announced that it will provide US$1.78 billion to support Türkiye's remedial efforts. The US also pledged $85 million in aid to Türkiye and Syria.

Responding to the call of the Turkish government, Vietnam also sent 5 policemen from the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department and Ho Chi Minh City Police Department to go to support the country with the promise of "doing until the new task is completed. Stop". It is known that the soldiers participating in the rescue work this time are all professionals with excellent achievements and experience.

On the morning of February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in a large area between the border of Türkiye and Syria, the epicenter was about 7km deep. About 9 hours later, another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred in the same area.

Experts estimate this is the strongest earthquake in the recent 100-year history to strike at the border of the two countries and its actual magnitude may even be greater than estimated.

This is one of the 10 most destructive earthquakes in the world in the past 20 years. According to experts, there are many resonating factors that cause earthquakes to cause great casualties in Turkey and Syria such as occurring at dawn when many people are still asleep, the area of the site of the degraded infrastructure, especially in the area. regions of Syria that have been affected by persistent fighting.

The terrible power of this earthquake caused the "earthquake-resistant" building as solid as the s-hak naat in the Malatya region to collapse in an instant.

Currently, local and national governments are trying to find survivors. Hopefully, the number of people who have not survived will stop, no one will have to suffer any more pain, and the aftermath of the disaster will be quickly overcome.

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