Earthquake: Rescuers work through third freezing night as death toll nears 16,000
Tensions running high as rescuers race against time
According to International Media, in Kahramanmaras, one of the worst-hit areas by the earthquakes, where he gave his latest update.
“The rescue team have held blankets to cover those bodies so that the families do not see those disturbing images,” Aljera Reporter Serdar said.
“People are quite sad here. The tensions are high. The emotions are high. In the past 24 hours, no one has come out of this rubble alive,” he added.
At least 23 Pakistanis rescued from Gaziantep, Turkey
At least 23 Pakistanis have been evacuated from the university of Gaziantep in Turkey and accommodated in Adana, a spokesperson for Pakistan’s foreign ministry, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has said.
“Our missions in Turkey and Syria remain in constant touch with the relevant authorities and our community to identify any requirement for the earthquake affected areas and to provide relief to Pakistanis, who may be affected by the earthquake,” Baloch said.
The country has so far dispatched multiple rescue teams to affected regions in Turkey and Syria.
NDMA dispatched Pak assistance package to Quake-Hit Syria comprising of winterised tents & blankets thru special chartered flight of @Official_PIA from IIA today.
FM Edu @RTanveerPMLN, Chairman NDMA Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik & #Syrian Amb to Pak were present on the occasion. pic.twitter.com/yNo3p7Zgii— NDMA PAKISTAN (@ndmapk) February 8, 2023
“We lost our homes, we lost our neighbours. It is very difficult,” Nihat, a survivor in Gaziantep, told Al Jazeera repoterd. “We have blankets, drinks, but people are not sleeping here because everyone has lost a friend, a neighbour, and more people are dying.”
“When the earthquake took place, I thought that an atomic bomb was dropped on the city.”
The relief centre in Gaziantep is packed with people, and children and families are sleeping where they can,
