02:57The aftermath of last month’s deadly earthquakes in Turkey was seen in footage from Kahramanmaras on Thursday, with drone footage showing destroyed buildings standing next to seemingly untouched structures.
Aerial views of the city show the huge piles of rubble from collapsed apartment blocks and other buildings, as well as the nearby houses and structures that escaped with minor damage.
Kahramanmaras was close to the epicentre of two devastating quakes, measuring 7.8 and 7.6 in magnitude on the Richter Scale, which hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
Many countries contributed to the search and rescue effort, while Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to rebuild the affected areas within a year.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.
Turkey: Drone footage reveals destroyed, untouched buildings side-by-side after deadly quakes in Kahramanmaras
The aftermath of last month’s deadly earthquakes in Turkey was seen in footage from Kahramanmaras on Thursday, with drone footage showing destroyed buildings standing next to seemingly untouched structures.
Aerial views of the city show the huge piles of rubble from collapsed apartment blocks and other buildings, as well as the nearby houses and structures that escaped with minor damage.
Kahramanmaras was close to the epicentre of two devastating quakes, measuring 7.8 and 7.6 in magnitude on the Richter Scale, which hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
Many countries contributed to the search and rescue effort, while Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to rebuild the affected areas within a year.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.
The aftermath of last month’s deadly earthquakes in Turkey was seen in footage from Kahramanmaras on Thursday, with drone footage showing destroyed buildings standing next to seemingly untouched structures.
Aerial views of the city show the huge piles of rubble from collapsed apartment blocks and other buildings, as well as the nearby houses and structures that escaped with minor damage.
Kahramanmaras was close to the epicentre of two devastating quakes, measuring 7.8 and 7.6 in magnitude on the Richter Scale, which hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.
According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, with many thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.
Many countries contributed to the search and rescue effort, while Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to rebuild the affected areas within a year.
It marks Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, surpassing the 1939 disaster in Erzincan which killed nearly 33,000.