Search Teams Race To Find Earthquake Survivors

February 7, 2023 4:17 am

NURDAGI, Turkey (AP) – Search teams and aid are pouring into Turkey and Syria as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dig through the remains of buildings flattened by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The death toll soared above 7,200 on Tuesday and was still expected to rise. With the damage spread over a wide area, the massive relief operation often struggled to reach devastated towns, and voices that had been crying out from the rubble fell silent. Monday’s quake and a cascade of strong aftershocks caused damage that stretched hundreds of kilometers across southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. It toppled thousands of buildings and heaped more misery on a region wracked by Syria’s 12-year civil war and refugee crisis.