Ukraine State Emergency Service set up a tent camp in Doanköy district of Antakya city in southern Turkey. Since the start of work, Ukrainian rescuers have inspected 61 buildings and dismantled 35 rubble in search of victims.
Employees of the State Emergency Service Consolidated Detachment demonstrated how search and rescue operations are carried out in Hatay province. This is reported on the service’s website.
“As of February 10, the State Emergency Service personnel were divided into two groups to work in 6-hour shifts. Since the beginning of the work, 61 buildings have been inspected, 35 debris has been removed and the victim has been searched,” said the rescuers.
The media reported that hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless in Turkey and Syria in the middle of winter today. Camps were set up in supermarket parking lots, mosques, along roadsides, and among dilapidated houses. According to the news of Reuters, the death toll in the earthquake has already increased to 20 thousand. Approximately 40 percent of the buildings in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, which became the epicenter of the earthquake, were damaged.
According to the US Geological Survey, the economic cost of an earthquake in Turkey could reach 2% of GDP.
February 9, Focus He wrote about the importance of mobile internet and communication in disaster areas. Earthquake survivors shared their whereabouts on social media, making it easier for rescue teams to find them. For example, in Malatya, a 20-year-old student from Istanbul Boran Kubat found himself under the rubble. The man uploaded a video to WhatsApp, whose address he indicated. Rescue service quickly found him, now the man and his family are safe.
Source: Focus
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