Turkey Earthquake 2023 Full Details | Operation Dosth
Turkey Earthquake 2023 Turkey Earthquake News Live Updates, February 09: Rescue efforts continued on Thursday as the death toll crossed 16,000, but hopes of finding survivors diminished on the fourth day of rescue workers. As per experts, though people can survive in the rubble for a week, the first 72 hours of the earthquake are critical.
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| Turkey Earthquake 2023 Full Details |
President Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday admitted there were problems with his government’s initial response to a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey, amid anger from those left destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams. Turkish officials say some 13.5 million people were affected in an area spanning roughly 450 km from Adana in the west to Diyarbakir in the east. In Syria, people were killed as far south as Hama, 250 km from the epicentre.
Meanwhile, as a part of India’s ‘Operation Dosth’, the sixth plane carrying rescue personnel, essentials and medical equipment for earthquake relief efforts reached Turkey on Thursday. The sixth flight carried more rescue teams, dog squads, and essential medicines for the quake-hit country.
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