12,973 people have died in Turkey as Syria deaths near 3,000; most rescues happen within first three days, says emergency response expert
Freezing temperatures deepened the misery Thursday for survivors of a massive earthquake inand Syria that killed at least 15,000 people, as rescuers raced to save countless people still trapped under rubble.
“My nephew, my sister-in-law and my sister-in-law’s sister are in the ruins. They are trapped under the ruins and there is no sign of life,” Semire Coban, a kindergarten teacher, in Turkey’s Hatay told AFP. Visiting Kahramanmaraş, which was at the epicentre of the quake, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said “On the first day we experienced some issues, but then on the second day and today the situation is under control”
A man, his son and daughter were pulled out from beneath the rubble where they had been stuck for two days.and cancelled all trades from Wednesday. Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul suspended trading on its equity and derivatives markets within minutes of opening after market-wide circuit breakers stopped the slide in the main index at 7%. The country’s benchmark index fell as much as 16% from its Friday close before the Wednesday trades were cancelled.
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