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After violent earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 in the Turkish-Syrian border area, the scale of destruction is enormous.

More than 7200 people died. According to information, more than 31,000 people have also been injured in southern Turkey and northern Syria. In addition, there have been 240 aftershocks so far.

But there is also a figure that gives hope: according to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 8,000 people have already been rescued in Turkey. However, an impending snowstorm could worsen the earthquake zone situation, according to the aid organization Care.

Rescue forces in Adana search for survivors in the rubble of buildings.

Temperatures in the disaster area are around the freezing point. Many people cannot return to their homes because they have collapsed, or it would be too dangerous to return given the numerous aftershocks.

 

Many roads are impassable. Turkey asked its NATO partners, among other things, for three field hospitals suitable for extreme weather conditions and personnel to set them up. Relatives and rescue workers searched for buried victims until late at night. The Ministry of Health has sent some 4200 aid workers to the disaster area, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

In another tweet, the minister said that injured and sick earthquake victims would first receive medical care in tents and then be transferred to hospitals. He added that all efforts are being made on the ground to alleviate suffering. The head of the Kizilay aid organization told Habertürk radio that they had already received 40,000 blood donations.

Turkey's vice president, Fuat Oktay, said late Monday night that 7840 people trapped in the rubble had already been rescued. People continue to be recovered alive."A Heart for Children" is helping: Find out how you can donate here.

In Adiyaman, a 12-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble after 21 hours, state news agency Anadolu reported. People were also rescued alive from the ruins of Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa after nearly a day in freezing temperatures.