As the search and rescue effort for buried survivors of the Feb. 6 earthquake starts to wind down in Turkey, demolition teams have moved in to clear the mounds of rubble left by the worst disaster in modern Turkish history.
HATAY MAYOR SAYS 21,000 DIED IN PROVINCE
The mayor of Hatay says his province suffered around 21,000 deaths in the earthquake, more than half of the total number of 40,689 confirmed fatalities in Turkey. “At least 80 percent of the buildings must be demolished in Antakya,” Lutfu Savas told broadcaster HaberTurk. Antakya is the capital of Hatay and the site of the ancient city of Antioch.
Savas added that there were 24,000 injured people across the province, which lies between Syria and the Mediterranean Sea.The number of confirmed deaths in Turkey due to the earthquake has risen to 40,689, Yunus Sezer, head of the country’s disaster agency AFAD, said. The increase was 47 more than the figure given on Saturday evening and a much smaller increase then previous updates.
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