01:49Mandatory courtesy: Rudaw Media Network
Heavy machinery was deployed in Kahramanmaras to continue removing debris and rubble on Tuesday, with new earthquakes striking both Turkey and Syria the previous day.
Footage features personal belongings being loaded into a truck, along with excavators clearing away the debris from collapsed structures.
Turkey completed search-and-rescue operations in all provinces except Hatay and Kahramanmaras, according to the country’s disaster agency, following the deadly quakes of February 6 which killed thousands and trapped many people under collapsed buildings.
The new 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing six people and injured 294. The city Dene in Hatay province was struck at 8:04 pm local time (17:04 GMT). The quake was reportedly felt in the provincial capital Antakya as well as Adana province.
According to the Turkish disaster management agency, a magnitude 5.8 quake came only three minutes later. Syrian local state news agency, SANA, also reported that six people were injured in Aleppo after falling debris.
At the time of publication, the total combined death toll from the February 6 disaster had surpassed 47,000.
Turkey: Emergency teams continue to clear rubble amid new quakes in Kahramanmaras
Heavy machinery was deployed in Kahramanmaras to continue removing debris and rubble on Tuesday, with new earthquakes striking both Turkey and Syria the previous day.
Footage features personal belongings being loaded into a truck, along with excavators clearing away the debris from collapsed structures.
Turkey completed search-and-rescue operations in all provinces except Hatay and Kahramanmaras, according to the country’s disaster agency, following the deadly quakes of February 6 which killed thousands and trapped many people under collapsed buildings.
The new 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing six people and injured 294. The city Dene in Hatay province was struck at 8:04 pm local time (17:04 GMT). The quake was reportedly felt in the provincial capital Antakya as well as Adana province.
According to the Turkish disaster management agency, a magnitude 5.8 quake came only three minutes later. Syrian local state news agency, SANA, also reported that six people were injured in Aleppo after falling debris.
At the time of publication, the total combined death toll from the February 6 disaster had surpassed 47,000.
Mandatory courtesy: Rudaw Media Network
Heavy machinery was deployed in Kahramanmaras to continue removing debris and rubble on Tuesday, with new earthquakes striking both Turkey and Syria the previous day.
Footage features personal belongings being loaded into a truck, along with excavators clearing away the debris from collapsed structures.
Turkey completed search-and-rescue operations in all provinces except Hatay and Kahramanmaras, according to the country’s disaster agency, following the deadly quakes of February 6 which killed thousands and trapped many people under collapsed buildings.
The new 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing six people and injured 294. The city Dene in Hatay province was struck at 8:04 pm local time (17:04 GMT). The quake was reportedly felt in the provincial capital Antakya as well as Adana province.
According to the Turkish disaster management agency, a magnitude 5.8 quake came only three minutes later. Syrian local state news agency, SANA, also reported that six people were injured in Aleppo after falling debris.
At the time of publication, the total combined death toll from the February 6 disaster had surpassed 47,000.