In Turkey and Syria, the death toll from Monday's earthquake exceeded four thousand; In Turkey, the Disaster Management Agency (AFAD) reported 2,921 dead, and at least 1,444 people lost their lives in Syria.

According to AFAD, almost 8,000 survivors were rescued from 4,758 collapsed buildings in Turkey. The number of injured is approaching 16,000.

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Tuesday morning, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), there was another earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 in the central part of Turkey.

According to the Reuters news agency, temperatures close to freezing make rescue difficult. In Hatay, a local resident named Deniz told Reuters that survivors could be heard under the rubble, but no help had yet arrived.

"We hear noises, but no one comes. We're done, we're down. My God! They scream for us to save them, but we can't help. How to save them? No one has come since morning," he explained.

In Kahramanmaras, many survivors lit fires as families and tried to get through the night after being left homeless by the earthquake.

"We could barely get out of the house alive. Our lives are in ruins. We are hungry, thirsty, the situation is miserable," one survivor, Nesret Güler, told the news agency. The man tries to survive the disaster with his four children.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Monday's earthquake a disaster of historic proportions and said rescuers were doing everything they could. He also said that 45 countries have offered help.

"Everyone puts their heart and soul out there, but the winter weather, the cold and the new earthquake at night make it difficult," the Turkish head of state said.

At least 1,444 people died in the earthquake in Syria and 3,500 were injured, according to the Damascus government and aid organizations working in areas controlled by the rebels.

On Monday morning, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 shook the southern and central part of Turkey and the northwestern corner of Syria. According to data from the US Geological Survey (USGS), this was the strongest recorded earthquake since the summer of 2021, followed by further strong aftershocks.

Both the Hungarian head of state and the prime minister consider rescuing and supporting Turkey to be their main task. As we previously reported, this was decided with great urgency at the government meeting held in Sopron, and Katalin Novák from the Sándor Palace made it known in a statement.

Source: Magyar Hírlap

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