Thousands dead, millions displaced: the earthquake fallout in Turkey and Syria
by Oliver Holmes, Elena Morresi and Finbarr Sheehy from World news | The Guardian on (#692C7)
Death toll of 47,000 expected to rise and WHO says 26 million people need assistance across both countries
The figures are unfathomable: 47,000 people dead, thousands of others missing, millions homeless. In minutes, two massive earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria turned entire cities into mounds of rubble. Two weeks later, the scale of the devastation is still being unearthed. The true impact will not be fully understood for decades.
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