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Updates from BBC correspondents on the ground: Quentin Sommerville and Tom Bateman in Adana, Anna Foster in Gaziantep province

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Summary

  1. An international aid effort is being stepped up in southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 people
  2. Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after thousands of buildings collapsed in both countries
  3. A Turkish journalist tells the BBC that people are sending him and other journalists videos, voice notes and their live locations from under the rubble
  4. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep
  5. A 7.5-magnitude tremor then hit at around 13:30 local time (10:30 GMT), which officials said was “not an aftershock”
  6. The country’s disaster agency says more than 3,419 people were killed in Turkey alone after the first quake, and more than 15,000 were injured
  7. More than 1,600 people are reported to have died in Syria
  8. Countries including the US and South Korea are sending aid after Turkey issued an international appeal for help

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  1. Posted at 13:2213:22 State of emergency declared in TurkeyA man and digger search through rubble in HatayPhoto by ERDEM SAHIN/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockCopyright: Photo by ERDEM SAHIN/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockTurkey’s president has declared a three month state of emergency in the south-east of the country after the official death toll climbed again.Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the number of confirmed fatalities in Turkey alone has risen to 3,549, up by 130.He said there are 10 cities within the earthquake disaster zone and confirmed his government has received offers of help from 70 countries around the world.Map showing locations of Monday's earthquakes.Copyright: .President Erdogan also announced plans to utilise hotels in Antalya as emergency shelters for people left homeless by the earthquake.The resort on Turkey’s south-west coast is a popular tourist destination for holidaymakers from across Europe.Article share tools
  2. Posted at 13:1413:14Get in touchAre you in the affected areas? If it’s safe to do so, you can share your experience by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:WhatsApp: +44 7756 165803Tweet: @BBC_HaveYourSayUpload your pictures/video hereOr fill out the form belowPlease read our terms & conditions and privacy policyArticle share tools
  3. Posted at 13:0413:04Scale of devastation hard to comprehendSelin GiritBBC TürkçeThe scene of devastation in Iskenderun, district of Hatay, TurkeyEPACopyright: EPASince 04:17am yesterday, people across Turkey have barely slept.Over 13 million people across 10 cities have been affected by the biggest quake the country has witnessed since 1939.The scale of the disaster is beyond the nation’s worst nightmare. People have been glued to their television screens and their mobile phones, trying to get a hold of the latest news and to figure out how they can offer some sort of help.When I told my mother I was going to be deployed to Maras, the epicentre of both the earthquakes, she called me back a second later, asking me in tears to make some donation on her behalf.Map showing area impacted by the earthquakes.Copyright: .Pictures emerging from airports in Istanbul show the desperation. Hundreds gathered to make their way to the quake zone as volunteers.Others are trying to organise help on social media, keen to determine what people in the region urgently need.There is also frustration. Why hasn’t the government listened to the warnings of the geology experts? Knowing a major quake would hit the country sooner or later, why haven’t they taken enough precautions to strengthen the buildings – and why have they been slow in allowing the miners or the troops to take part in the rescue operations, many ask.Article share tools
  4. Posted at 12:3212:32’Like a nuclear bomb had gone off’ – tourist describes destructionEarthquake destruction in the centre of Hatay city, AntakyaTimothy WhitingCopyright: Timothy WhitingTimothy sent us photos of the damage in HatayImage caption: Timothy sent us photos of the damage in HatayLet’s hear now from Timothy Whiting, a 29-year-old from Yorkshire in the UK, who was on holiday in Turkey when the earthquake struck.He says he woke to the guest house he was staying in shaking and was “very scared”, but he managed to escape.”I was on the second floor of a two-storey building, I think that was the lucky thing – there were no floors above us to fall,” he tells the BBC, recalling how all the other buildings around him had collapsed or been damaged “like a nuclear bomb had gone off”.Earthquake destruction in the centre of Hatay city, AntakyaTimothy WhitingCopyright: Timothy Whiting”Whole swathes of the city were flattened,” he says. “There were huge five to six storey buildings completely on their side.”Timothy was staying in the city of Hatay in Antakya, which he left by foot until a car offered him a lift to Adana, where he is now.”People were coming out of everywhere, half of them barefoot. It was just complete chaos,” he says.Everyone could hear voices from under the rubble, he recalls, adding it became clear that “we [sic] were unlikely to be able to pull anyone out”.Article share tools
  5. Posted at 12:1212:12Ruins and silence near Turkey’s epicentreAnna FosterReporting from Gaziantep province, southern TurkeyA woman sitting by ruined buildings in Gaziantep, TurkeyReutersCopyright: ReutersGetting to areas close to the epicentre is incredibly difficult. There are concerns the main highway is not safe so everything has been moved onto a winding mountain road.They have been desperately trying to get ambulances and rescue teams through but the route is clogged with lorries and people trying to leave. The roads are cracked, broken and uneven. All of this is hampering rescue efforts at what is a crucial time.As you get closer to the epicentre, you can really see the scale of the devastation increase. We are still feeling aftershocks and people don’t want to be near buildings. When people feel them, they run.Search and rescue team search through the debrisBBCCopyright: BBCIn Osmaniye yesterday evening at a collapsed hotel which had 14 people in it, they found eight bodies and were still hoping to find survivors.But there are so many collapsed buildings where no rescue work is going on at all. It’s impossible to conceive that all of those buildings were empty. Efforts appear to be concentrated on bigger buildings, the ones they think had more people in.People are silent, dazed by what’s happened. They stand, they light fires to keep warm and they watch these rescues go on. It’s eerily quiet as they listen for any signs of life in the rubble.Article share tools
  6. Posted at 11:5011:50’People are sending me voice notes from under the rubble’Turkish journalist Ibrahim HaskologluBBCCopyright: BBCA Turkish journalist, based in Istanbul, has just been speaking to our television colleagues, explaining the situation.”People are still under the [collapsed] buildings, they need help,” Ibrahim Haskologlu says.Originally from Malatya – an area heavily affected by yesterday’s earthquakes – he says he’s planning to head home as soon as he can to help where it’s needed.He tells the BBC News Channel that people are sending him and other journalists videos, voice notes and their live locations from under the rubble.They’re telling us where they are and “we can’t do anything,” Haskologlu says, adding Turkey needs all the international help it can get.Article share tools
  7. Posted at 11:4111:41Internet outages reported in earthquake zonesWidespread internet outages caused by the earthquakes have been reported by internet monitoring group NetBlocks in areas of southern Turkey.Some of the worst-affected cities include Osmaniye, Hatay and Adiyaman, the group says.Social embed from twitterhttps://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=BBCNews&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1622661927221567543&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flive%2F64533954&sessionId=3c9fe2ee821af245a6824499c43b82d13c357f6f&siteScreenName=BBCNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&width=550pxReportReport this social embed, make a complaintArticle share tools
  8. Posted at 11:2811:28Syrian jihadists escape prison following quake – AFPAt least 20 detainees at a Syrian prison – believed to be jihadists – have escaped after the quake damaged the facility, a source has told Agence France-Presse (AFP).The prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters, said an official at the jail. It also holds fighters from Kurdish-led forces.Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake – which was followed by dozens of aftershocks in the region – caused damage including cracked walls and doors.”[The] inmates started to mutiny and took control of parts of the prison.””About 20 prisoners fled… who are believed to be Islamic State militants.”Article share tools
  9. Posted at 11:0711:07Number of people affected by quakes in millions – WHOPeople wait near the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Iskenderun district of Hatay, TurkeyEPACopyright: EPAWe’re beginning to hear just how many people could be affected by these earthquakes, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that as many as 23 million people across Turkey and Syria “are exposed”.This includes around over one million children, WHO’s senior emergencies officer Adelheid Marschang told the UN health agency’s executive committee earlier.Issues are already cropping up in Syria, which felt the effects of both quakes, with the flow of critical UN aid from Turkey being blocked due to damage on roads.”This is a crisis on top of multiple crises in the affected region,” Marschang said of Syria, adding the country’s needs are high after “nearly 12 years of protracted, complex crisis, while humanitarian funding continues to decline”.Article share tools
  10. Posted at 10:4810:48Footballer ‘pulled from rubble’Christian Atsu while playing for Newcastle UnitedReutersCopyright: ReutersChristian Atsu played in the Premier League and Championship before moving to TurkeyImage caption: Christian Atsu played in the Premier League and Championship before moving to TurkeyFootballer Christian Atsu has been pulled out of the rubble alive, according to his manager.It was reported the former Newcastle United and Chelsea forward was trapped in the wreckage of a building yesterday.Atsu, who is from Ghana, plays for the Turkish side Hatayspor, a club based in Antakya, one of the cities hit hardest by yesterday’s earthquake.Mustafa Özat told Radyo Gol, a Turkish radio station, that Atsu was “removed from the wreckage with injuries”, BBC Africa reports.He said the club’s sporting director Taner Savut remains trapped beneath the rubble.Article share tools
  11. Posted at 10:4010:40China and Pakistan to supply aidPakistan Air Force aircraft is loaded with supplies before its departure with the search and rescue teams to help in the aftermath of an earthquake in Turkey, at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, PakistanReutersCopyright: ReutersA Pakistan plane is loaded with supplies ahead of a flight to TurkeyImage caption: A Pakistan plane is loaded with supplies ahead of a flight to TurkeyChina has allocated 400m yuan (£49m; $58.9m) worth of aid to support rescue efforts in Turkey. This will include rescue and medical personnel as well as various emergency supplies, said Deng Boqing, vice chairperson of the China International Development Cooperation Agency.The national agency, which is responsible for the country’s foreign aid operations, is coordinating the delivery of relief supplies to Syria. It will also step-up ongoing food aid projects in Syria, Deng said.The Red Cross Society of China said it will send 2m yuan each to the Turkish Red Crescent and the Syrian Red Crescent as emergency humanitarian assistance.Meanwhile, Pakistan has sent rescue personnel and relief goods to quake-hit areas in Turkey. In a statement on Tuesday, the prime minister’s office said that from Wednesday, Pakistan International Airlines will send one plane carrying 15 tonnes of emergency supplies to Turkey and Syria.Article share tools
  12. Posted at 10:3010:30Anger as flight delays impact loved onesAlice CuddyReporting from IstanbulHere at Istanbul Airport, news of flight delays have been met with anger and tears from relatives on their way to search for missing loved ones.One passenger, Samet, is trying to travel to Hatay to look for his 26-year-old brother Ismail who has been missing since the earthquake.He shows me a picture of rubble on his phone, saying this is where his brother is.Samet holds up a picture of his brotherBBCCopyright: BBCSamet shows me a picture of his brotherImage caption: Samet shows me a picture of his brotherSamet has been at the airport for almost five hours, waiting for a flight.Staff say the runways at Adana Airport are full, causing delays.Another passenger broke down in tears as he told me: “People are angry because they’ve lost family. Even me”.Article share tools
  13. Posted at 10:1010:10What’s the latest?Children sit in a shopping cart near a collapsed building following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit BektasReutersCopyright: ReutersFamilies have been displaced after the collapse of buildings in Hatay, TurkeyImage caption: Families have been displaced after the collapse of buildings in Hatay, TurkeyIf you’re just joining our coverage, welcome along. Here are the latest details from Turkey and Syria.
    • Over 5,000 deaths have now been confirmed across the two countries
    • Turkey’s death toll rose to at least 3,419, its vice-president Fuat Oktay said. A further 20,534 have been wounded and nearly 6,000 buildings have collapsed
    • In Syria, the death toll has risen to 1,602
    • Turkey’s disaster and emergency management authority AFAD said in its latest update that over 24,400 emergency personnel are helping with search and rescue operations
    • There are concerns that freezing conditions could hamper these efforts
    • International aid is being sent to the affected region from the UN, EU, Nato and the governments of the US, UK, China, Russia, India, Japan, Iraq, Iran, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Pakistan, among others.
    Stay with us as we, and our reporters in the region, cover the latest developments.Article share tools
  14. Posted at 9:419:41Syrian death toll risesIn the last hour, we brought you the latest figures from Turkey, where officials say at least 3,381 people have died after the quakes.Now we’ve got the latest estimates from Syria. More than 1,500 people are thought to have died there, both in government and rebel-held areas.The political situation in Syria makes it trickier for official counts like this to be done. The search and aid operation is also thought to be much bigger in Turkey.These latest figures come from rescuers themselves and Syrian state news agencies. Again, the number is likely to keep changing, stick with us for the latest updates.Article share tools
  15. Posted at 9:099:09Calls of Allahu akbar as survivors and bodies are foundQuentin SommervilleReporting from Adana, southern TurkeySearch and rescue teams work in HatayGetty ImagesCopyright: Getty ImagesThe heavy machinery worked through the night here in Adana, klieg lights illuminating the collapsed buildings and huge slabs of concrete in monochromatic scenes repeated across southern Turkey.Occasionally the work would stop, a call of Allahu akbar would rise up when a survivor is found, and too when the dead were recovered.A big Turkish and international rescue effort is under way here. My plane from Lebanon was full of firefighters and paramedics, on arrival Adana airport was packed with Swiss and Romanian rescue workers in their hundreds.The city is full of the homeless. Those who lost their homes and others too fearful of aftershocks to return to apartments and houses. The first earthquake struck in the middle of the night, 03:20 local time (00:20 GMT). It shook and thundered for 90 seconds, it felt like forever, but at the same time was only an instant to collect belongings and leave for safety. Some left without shoes, coats and phone chargers. Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing later this week.Map showing location of quakes.Copyright: .As much as this is a catastrophe for Turkey, the situation in northern Syria is more desperate. The border remains tightly controlled, there is no international rescue effort and little heavy machinery.The 1.7 million displaced people living on the border thought their lives couldn’t get any worse, then the earthquake came. They’d been living in temporary shelters and half-finished buildings for years, refugees in their own country, escaping Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s reign of terror.In Jinderes, Aleppo, and Bsania, Idlib, entire towns collapsed around the people. They call out for help and cry in pain, but there is almost no one to respond to their calls. In northern Syria more than a decade of war left the people had almost nothing, this terrible earthquake has left them with even less.Article share tools
  16. Posted at 8:538:53UK medical team waiting for flight to TurkeyLos Angeles County Fire Department USA-2 prepares for deployment after being activated by US Aid to go to Turkey to assist with earthquake recovery effortsEPACopyright: EPACountries around the world are sending aid and teams to Turkey to help with the rescue missionImage caption: Countries around the world are sending aid and teams to Turkey to help with the rescue missionWe’ve just heard from David Wightwick, of UK-Med, who’s waiting to board a flight to Turkey where he’ll lead the UK’s medical response team there.He says the initial crew of six people includes surgeons, paramedics, emergency medical staff and logistics staff. More NHS staff will likely join them, he tells Radio 4’s Today programme, but it’s important for them to arrive first and see how they can best help.They don’t want to take up too much space before they know what it is they can do to assist Turkish officials, he says.Asked what it’s like arriving in a disaster zone, Wightwick says it’s “unsurprisingly chaotic, for fairly obvious reasons”. He says teams like his usually face a litany of logistical barriers, such as closed roads.”I’ve worked cross-border before in Turkey,” Wightwick tells the BBC, referring to the damage in Syria, “the infrastructure was good then… whether that’s still the case remains to be seen.”Article share tools
  17. Posted at 8:378:37Freezing conditions could hamper rescue effortSimon KingWeather presenter and meteorologistA weather chart of the area impacted by the earthquakeBBCCopyright: BBCAfter heavy rain and significant snow in southern Turkey and northern Syria, it will generally get drier and sunnier through this week.Some snow showers are still possible on Tuesday but with colder air digging in, freezing conditions will cause even more concern.In Gaziantep, where the first quake struck, it will be around 4-6C by day – but plummeting overnight to -7C. It could be as low as -15C in the towns and villages towards the mountains.It won’t be as cold in Syria, but no more than 10 or 11C by day and -3C by night.As we’ve been reporting, many people are having to huddle around makeshift fires on the street, too afraid to go home for fear of another deadly tremor.Map showing locations of the quakes.Copyright: .Article share tools
  18. Posted at 8:278:27Death toll rises to more than 4,800The latest figures are here. In Turkey, the number of people who’ve died because of these earthquakes has risen to 3,381, according to the country’s disaster authority.Orhan Tatar, an official at the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), says a further 20,426 have been injured and 5,775 buildings collapsed.The new count brings the combined death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria to 4,890.This number is likely to keep rising, stay with us for all the latest developments.Article share tools
  19. Posted at 7:587:58Air bridge established, 300,000 blankets delivered – TurkeyPeople stand near makeshift tents in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey. Photo: 6 February 2023EPACopyright: EPAMore than 41,000 family tents have been delivered to the disaster area, Turkish officials sayImage caption: More than 41,000 family tents have been delivered to the disaster area, Turkish officials sayIn its latest update, Turkey’s disaster and emergencies agency AFAD says 2,660 personnel from 65 countries have been sent to help in the search and rescue operation.Together with the Turkish rescuers, 13,740 people have already been assigned to work in the disaster area. They are using 629 cranes and 360 vehicles.The AFAD also says an air bridge has been established, and 146 aid-delivering sorties have already been made.In total, 300,000 blankets and 41,504 family tents have been delivered, along with heaters and kitchen sets.Article share tools
  20. Posted at 7:387:38India in solidarity with TurkeyIndia has sent search and rescue teams and relief supplies to earthquake-hit Turkey.Indian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Delhi had sent its first batch of teams with medical supplies, trained dog squads, drilling machines and other necessary equipment to the nation.He tweeted photographs of supplies being loaded on to an Indian air force plane, which took off from Delhi early Tuesday morning.On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “sympathies of 1.4 billion people of India are with the earthquake-affected people of Turkey”.Turkish Ambassador to India Firat Sunel has expressed his gratitude, saying that “a friend in need is a friend indeed”

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