The World Health Organization has warned that the death toll from a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey, close to the Syrian border, might increase eight-fold.
More than 3500 people were reported dead in the frigid and icy weather, with rescuers seen searching through piles of wreckage for survivors from beneath the rubble after the devastating incident early Monday morning which left destruction and debris on each side of the border.
“We always see the same thing with earthquakes, unfortunately, which is that the initial reports of the numbers of people who have died or who have been injured will increase quite significantly in the week that follows,” the WHO’s senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, told AFP.
Ms Smallwood added that the snowy conditions will leave many people without shelter, adding to the dangers.
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