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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Thursday, February 23, 2023
Death toll from Turkey, Syria earthquake passes 47,000
A destroyed building leans on a neighboring house following the earthquake in Samandag, southern Turkey, February 22, 2023. (AP/Emrah Gurel)
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has raised the number of fatalities in Turkey from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake to 43,556.
The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria now stands at 47,244.
In an interview with state broadcaster TRT, Soylu says teams were sifting through two buildings in hard-hit Hatay province in search of further bodies. Search operations elsewhere have come to an end, he says.
Meanwhile, at least 164,000 buildings have either collapsed or are so damaged that they need to be demolished, says Murat Kurum, Turkey’s minister for the environment and urbanization.
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