Houses and businesses in the Turkish region of hatai they were in ruins on Tuesday after a major earthquake devastated the coastal province.
hataiwhich borders northwestern Syria, is the most affected province of Turkey with at least 872 people killed during the earthquake on Monday.
Residents complained of a inadequate emergency response and rescuers said they have been having trouble getting equipment.
Rescue teams have struggled to cope with the scale of destruction in southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, with the total death toll topping 5,000 on Tuesday morning.
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The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority of Turkey (AFAD) has said that 13,740 search and rescue personnel have been deployed in the earthquake region, but the level of damage is enormous with almost 6,000 buildings destroyed in southern Turkey.
Only in hataimore of 1200 buildings have been destroyed, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
Rescue teams from the province complained about a lack of equipment, while people on the highway stopped cars and called for tools to help clear the rubble.
The government declared a “level 4 alarm” after the earthquake, asking for international help, but has not declared a state of emergency that would lead to a massive mobilization of the military.
In the capital of Hatay province, antakyawhere 10-story buildings collapsed into the streets, journalists from Reuters they watched as rescue work was carried out on one of the dozens of rubble mounds.
Rescue teams managed to make contact with a family of four trapped in the rubble.
“We will get them out alive. We are here for that,” a member of the rescue teams was heard saying during a broadcast by the station. CNNTürk.
Hatay is home to more than 400,000 Syriansmostly refugees from the country’s nearly 12-year civil war, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry.
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Source-www.infobae.com