Turkiye-Syria Earthquake Update: The number of people who lost their lives due to earthquake in West Asian countries Turkey and Syria is increasing. There was an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on February 6, due to which thousands of buildings were destroyed in many cities. There were more than 60 aftershocks of the earthquake in a single day. Now the death toll has reached 25,401.
According to the latest information, more than 21,848 people have lost their lives due to the earthquake in Turkey alone. At the same time, 3,553 people have died in Syria. If we talk about the injured, then including both the countries, this figure has gone beyond 78 thousand. Teams engaged in disaster relief and rescue operations have pulled out countless bodies from the debris.
United Nations said – Food and drink arrangements will have to be made for millions of people
It has been told in a report of the United Nations that due to the earthquake, 2 lakh 84 thousand people in Syria and 5 lakh 90 thousand people in Turkey had to be displaced. According to the information received from the World Food Program of the United Nations, the number of earthquake affected people is more than 20 million. Therefore, more than 635 crore rupees are still needed to feed the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey.
‘Had to drink urine to survive’
The center of this earthquake was Gaziantep city of Turkey. Gaziantep is now completely ruined. Here, 94 hours after the devastation, a 17-year-old boy was taken out alive by a rescue team. After coming out, a boy named Adnan Muhammad Korkut told that to keep himself alive, he drank his own urine and ate some flowers scattered around. He said- “I was sleeping at home with my family at the time of the earthquake. Then the earthquake struck and destroyed everything. After that I opened my eyes and found myself trapped. I don’t know what is the condition of my parents. Happened.”
