Türkiye Depremi: Ölü sayısı 523'e yükseldi
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Turkey earthquake: Death toll rise to 523
10/27/2011 14:55:00
The number of people known to have been killed in Sunday's earthquake in Turkey's south-east has risen to 523.
Officials say 1,650 people were injured in the 7.2-magnitudequake which had itsepicentrein Van province - 185 people have been rescued alive.
Rain and snow are hindering the rescue effort and worsening conditions for the thousands of people made homeless.
Tents and other aid supplies are being delivered after some initial criticism that the response was too slow.
Hundreds of people are still missing under collapsed buildings.
Rescuers in some places are continuing to search for those buried in the rubble, but at other sites they have stopped work and attention is turning to the needs of the survivors.
People in the hardest-hit town, Ercis, have formed long queues to try to get hold of tents but many have been told there are none left.
"Everyone is getting sick and wet," said Fetih Zengin, a 38-year-old whose house was badly damaged.
"We have been waiting in line for four days and still nothing."
"We slept under a piece of plastic erected on some wooden boards we found. We have 10 children in our family," he told the Reuters news agency.
Another survivor, Zeki Yatkin, lost his father in the quake.
"They say we will get prefabricated houses in one-and-a-half months," he said, in an interview with Reuters.
"We can't tolerate the cold, but what else can we do?"
Türkiye Depremi: Ölü sayısı 523'e yükseldi - Turkey earthquake: Death toll rise to 523
The number of people known to have been killed in Sunday's earthquake in Turkey's south-east has risen to 523.
Officials say 1,650 people were injured in the 7.2-magnitudequake which had itsepicentrein Van province - 185 people have been rescued alive.
Rain and snow are hindering the rescue effort and worsening conditions for the thousands of people made homeless.
Tents and other aid supplies are being delivered after some initial criticism that the response was too slow.
Hundreds of people are still missing under collapsed buildings.
Rescuers in some places are continuing to search for those buried in the rubble, but at other sites they have stopped work and attention is turning to the needs of the survivors.
People in the hardest-hit town, Ercis, have formed long queues to try to get hold of tents but many have been told there are none left.
"Everyone is getting sick and wet," said Fetih Zengin, a 38-year-old whose house was badly damaged.
"We have been waiting in line for four days and still nothing."
"We slept under a piece of plastic erected on some wooden boards we found. We have 10 children in our family," he told the Reuters news agency.
Another survivor, Zeki Yatkin, lost his father in the quake.
"They say we will get prefabricated houses in one-and-a-half months," he said, in an interview with Reuters.
"We can't tolerate the cold, but what else can we do?"
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