Traumatised residents await news of loved ones they last saw in buildings which have now collapsed and a cobbled-together rescue effort needs expert help
In the city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey we found a tragically typical scene in the wake of the earthquake.On one of the main boulevards, some buildings have been reduced to rubble.
The rescue effort is a do-it-yourself collection of people. City workers, and members of the fire department, but no specialist search and rescue officials.Rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Pic: AP There are people here from the fire department - they're doing the best they can, but they don't have the search and rescue personnel with their specialist kit, such as heat tracking equipment, to locate people under the rubble.Some buildings were brought down, while others right beside them are untouched - a situation replicated across much of Turkey and Syria after Monday's quakes.
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