Rescue crews saved a dog named Panuk that was trapped under rubble in Iskenderun, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 23,000.
Paramedics successfully extracted three family members from the ruins of a building in coastal Jablah, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
A resident rests on a salvaged mattress, as search and rescue operations continue days after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, in the town of Jindayris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province in Syria on Feb. 10, 2023. With morgues and cemeteries overwhelmed, bodies were wrapped in blankets and tarps along city streets as Turkey grappled with a death toll of unimaginable scale.
Aleppo was among the worst-hit Syrian cities, and had already suffered damage from years of heavy bombardment during the country's civil war. The destruction of homes in Syria exacerbates displacement in the country after 6.8 million people had already been displaced after war broke out in 2011, driving Syrians from their homes.Experts are pointing to poor construction and ignored building codes for exacerbating the devastation.
"The building stock in the area was weak and not sturdy, despite the reality of earthquakes," Muhcu said.
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