BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake deaths surpass 5,000 in Turkey and Syria
7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes crushed thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria, as U.S. offers to help with aid, reports Fox News’ Alex Hogan.that rocked Syria and Turkey rose to more than 5,000 on Tuesday as more bodies were recovered from the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Survivors cried out for help from under piles of debris as first responders grappled with rain and snow. The region continued to deal with seismic activity, including one jolt nearly as powerful as the initial earthquake. Rescuers pulled away slabs of concrete in search of bodies as families awaited news about their loved ones.Emergency teams search in the rubble for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
In Syria, the area is divided between government-controlled territory and the country’s last opposition-held enclave amid the country's civil war. Hundreds of families in the rebel-held enclave remained trapped in the rubble, according to a statement from the opposition emergency organization called the White Helmets.
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