As the morning sun illuminates the sky, Sanliurfa's cracked streets look empty. The mercury is only just above freezing, but it feels much colder. theSun theSundaily Turkey victims winter aid
Family members react through the rubble of buildings in kahramanmaras, near the quake’s epicentre, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southeast on February 7, 2023. AFPPIX: In the Turkish city of Sanliurfa, survivors of the massive quake that has wreaked death, destruction and havoc on the region face an invisible but powerful threat -- hunger.
Like their neighbours in the other nine provinces hit by Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake and its frightening aftershocks, the people of Sanliurfa are focused on basic survival. “We arrived here at 3:00 pm yesterday, the hotel gave us soup in the evening, but the night has passed. We’re hungry, and the children too,“ said Imam Caglar, 42.It's out of the question to go fetch food from his flat, located a few streets away, because of the danger that the building might suddenly crumble.
Hundreds of thousands spent the night in dormitories, schools, mosques and other public buildings, while others sheltered in hotels that opened their doors for free.A winter storm has made the region's roads, some of them heavily damaged by the tremors, nearly impassable. Many local airports are shut, their runways in need of repair.He hopes that the local municipality will eventually provide food. But, he admits, “we have no information, nothing”.
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