earthquake in Turkey

Robert Blanchard, the World Health Organization's team leader in Dubai for emergency operations, stands in one of the organization's warehouses in International Humanitarian City.

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A look at the impact of delivering aid to Turkey and Syria through Dubai's global hub

3:26pm February 08, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

A 1.5 million square-ft. zone of Dubai known as International Humanitarian City is the world's largest aid hub, with warehouses for U.N. agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations and others.

Men search for people among the debris in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday.

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Earthquake death toll tops 7,200 in Turkey and Syria as race for survivors continues

5:30pm February 07, 2023

Rescue workers fanned across Turkey and Syria Tuesday in a second day of desperate searches to find survivors from the massive earthquake and aftershocks that had the death toll climbing by the hour.

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A man carries a child from a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday.

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Photos: Searches continue after deadly quake in Turkey and Syria

2:48pm February 07, 2023

by Emily Bogle

Winter weather and dozens of aftershocks from Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake have slowed rescuers' work to search through the rubble and find survivors in Turkey and Syria.

Rescue workers and volunteers conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, Turkey, after Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

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In Turkey and Syria, outdated building methods all but assured disaster from a quake

2:19pm February 07, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Structures that were constructed before building codes were updated following a 1999 earthquake in Turkey used lots of concrete and masonry, making them brittle and more vulnerable to collapse.

A baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey receives treatment inside an incubator at a children's hospital in the town of Afrin in Syria's Aleppo province on Tuesday. Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother gave birth to her while buried underneath the rubble of a five-story apartment building.

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A newborn was found alive in the rubble after the earthquake in Syria

1:51pm February 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Residents digging through a collapsed building discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble. The mother and other family members died.

A man searches for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

Here's what we know about what caused the Turkey earthquake

11:23am February 07, 2023

Seismologists say Monday's earthquake took place in a complex junction of faults that was long overdue for a big one. The destructive shaking was spread across many kilometers.

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Emergency teams search in the rubble for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, on Monday.

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More than 3,400 people have died after earthquakes hammer Turkey and Syria

5:09pm February 06, 2023

A powerful earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more. Hundreds of families are still trapped.