'Timeliness is of the essence.' The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly explains the support the UK providing following a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. 📺 Sky 501, Freeview 233 and YouTube
The quake heavily damaged Gaziantep's most famed landmark, its historic castle perched on a hill in the centre of the city.Image:In Diyarbakir, hundreds of rescue workers and civilians formed lines across a mountain of wreckage, passing down broken concrete pieces, household belongings and other debris as they searched for trapped survivors.
He said:"We have deployed a large search and rescue team with state-of-the-art lifesaving equipment... More than 1,300 people have died in the quake that hit in the early hours of this morning. Dozens of aftershocks have also been felt. 24 January 2020 - More than 40 people were killed and more than 1,600 injured in a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in the eastern province of Elazig. Tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon and Iran.
12 November 1999 - In the north-western town of Ducze, nearly 1,000 people were killed by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake.
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