Rescued 12 days after Türkiye earthquake

February 18, 2023



(RT) ⸻ Three survivors, one of whom was a child, were successfully rescued from the rubble of a building in Türkiye's Hatay province on Saturday, but one of the three later died in hospital. Rescue teams are continuing to search for survivors following the February 6 natural disaster, a mammoth task made more difficult by the passage of time and with more than 264,000 residential apartments estimated to have been destroyed.Türkiye has reported the deaths of 40,642 people as of Saturday, while Syria has confirmed more than 5,800. Neither country has offered an estimate of how many people remain unaccounted for. Anger is growing at alleged malpractice in the development of residential buildings, such as the supposedly "earthquake-proof" Ronesans Residence in Antakya, which collapsed during the earthquake, killing hundreds. Authorities have pledged to investigate any such allegations.

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