At least three Filipinos reportedly remain missing in Turkey following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that has so far killed thousands, including in Syria. | FMangosingINQ INQjacobreports
On the other hand, Chery Santos, president of the Filipino Community in Ankara, told dzMM that one Filipino woman who was presumed dead in the quake had been found alive.
The woman was inside a building in Hatay province when the earthquake hit, Santos added. The Philippine Embassy in Turkey earlier confirmed that two Filipinos were injured in the earthquake although both had since recovered. But it has yet to confirm Timoteo’s report about the missing Filipinos although it “continuously receives a steady stream of confirmed and unconfirmed reports of Filipinos experiencing varying degrees of distress.
“Initially, they will be deployed to Adana,” he told the Inquirer. The city was badly hit in the Feb. 6 magnitude 7.8 catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. The Philippines is among the dozens of countries that have offered to assist in search and rescue efforts. The death toll has so far reached more than 15,000, with many still missing.Subscribe to our daily newsletter
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