The death toll from Monday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake and multiple aftershocks rose to more than 5,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble.
Such a quake would be ‘so powerful that it causes widespread damage and consequently affects lives and livelihoods of all southern Californians,’ a report says.
“If only we could lift the concrete slab, we’d be able to reach her,” she said. “My mother is 70 years old. She won’t be able to withstand this for long.” A rescuer cradled her head in his hands and tenderly wiped dust from around her eyes as she lay amid crushed concrete and twisted metal before being pulled out and passed to another man.in the border region with Syria and has tasked the military to aid in the rescue efforts, including setting up tents for the homeless and a field hospital in Hatay province.
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