Earthquake in Turkey-Syria: death toll exceeds 50,000

Death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria exceeds 50,000. 50 thousand 132 deaths have been confirmed so far in the two countries. Among them, 44 thousand 218 people are in Turkey. And in neighboring Syria, this number is 5 thousand 914. Al Jazeera news.

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Department updated the death toll on Friday.

Today is the 19th day of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced the end of the search and rescue operation last February 19, giving up hope of rescuing survivors. Excavators are now removing the debris. As a result, hundreds of dead bodies are coming out.

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  11 provinces of Turkey were affected by the earthquake. According to official estimates, more than 84,000 buildings were destroyed. One and a half million people have been left homeless in southern Turkey by the worst earthquake in a century, UN development experts said.
  Turkish authorities also said that 118,000 buildings containing at least 412,000 units had collapsed or were so damaged that they had to be demolished.
  The Turkish president has announced the construction of 200,000 houses in the area. The construction of these buildings will start in March. However, the United Nations says that at least 500,000 new houses need to be built in these areas.

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The United Nations says it estimates the disaster generated between 116 million and 210 million tons of debris.

According to TRT news, 30 km by 30 km pile can be made with this rubble. "This is clearly the largest earthquake disaster in Turkey's history," said Louisa Vinton, UNDP's resident representative in Turkey. Perhaps the country has faced the biggest natural disaster.

It should be noted that on the morning of February 6, two large earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. After that at least 9 thousand aftershocks hit. Thousands of hospitals, schools and apartment buildings in both countries were destroyed. Millions of people of both countries became homeless. Last Monday (February 20) was the last aftershock. The magnitude of which was 6.4 on the Richter scale. 6 more people died in this.