Turkey earthquake death toll could increase eight-fold, WHO says
Many of the victims are in war-torn northern Syria, where millions of refugees live in camps on both sides of the border with Turkey. There have been dozens of fatalities reported in rebel-held areas.
"It's absolutely pouring with rain which is hampering the rescue efforts. There is no power at all in the city tonight. Turkey's energy minister Fatih Donmez confirmed there had been serious damage to the infrastructure, but did not mention the explosions.In 1999 a deadly quake killed more than 17,000 in the north-west. The country's worst earthquake disaster was in 1939 when 33,000 people died in Turkey's eastern Erzincan province.
The Turkish Red Crescent has called for citizens to make blood donations, and the organisation's president, Kerem Kınık,Following an international appeal for help, Turkey's President Erdogan said 45 countries had offered support.UN Secretary General António Guterres has called for an international response to the crisis, saying that many of the families hit by the disaster were "already in dire need of humanitarian aid in areas where access is a challenge".
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