Death toll from Monday’s powerful earthquakes in southern Turkiye climbs to 6,957, the country’s disaster agency AFAD says in a statement.
Report informs that AFAD put the number of injured from the massive quakes centered in Kahramanmaras province at 38,224.
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Death toll from Monday’s powerful earthquakes in southern Turkiye climbs to 6,234, the country’s disaster agency AFAD says in a statement.
Report informs via Anadolu Agency that AFAD put the number of injured from the massive quakes centered in Kahramanmaras province at 37,011.
Early Monday morning, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Kahramanmaras, followed by a 7.6-magnitude quake about nine hours later, which rocked the region, affecting several other provinces including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
The earthquake was also felt in several countries in the region including Lebanon and Syria.
A total of 60,218 emergency officials are working in the area, including 3,200 personnel from 65 countries, Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said in an earlier statement.
