Said Rafiq, Pakistan’s Federal Minister took to Twitter to announce that Pakistan has sent an official 51 member rescue team to Turkey in the wake of the disastrous 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The death toll from the earthquake has gone above 4,300 in Turkiye-Syria border.
According to the Turkish and Syrian disaster response teams, there are more than 5,600 buildings in different cities that have fallen down, many of these are multiple-storey apartments where the residents were sleeping at night when the earthquake was felt.
“We thought it was the apocalypse,” a young reporter told media. She added, “That was the first time we have ever experienced anything like that.”
Turkiye’s relief agency AFAD announced earlier that there were 2,921 deaths in their country which brings the total count to 4,365. Looking at the on-ground situation, the rescuers estimate that this number will further increase in the days to come. The World Health Organization fears that the number may reach 20,000.
The initial earthquake was massive and have caused a lot of destruction. Nations across the globe have come forward to help the disaster-hit countries and are offering their help in however way they can.
A Syrian student told AFP, “There is a family I know under the rubble. Until 11:00 am or noon, my friend was still answering the phone. But she no longer answers. She is down there.”
The quake’s epicentre was Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep where the entire city has been fallen to the ground.
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